Adam McKay Quotes, Lying Quotes, Heart Quotes

I don't think there's ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that's terrible and a lie.

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It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.

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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.

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I always give myself a little part in every movie.

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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.

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There's always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.

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As for movies, what's great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.

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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.

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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.

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We get so much information during the day that doesn't really tell us anything.

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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.

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The one thing for sure is, I don't ever want to waste a movie. I don't ever want to waste effort.

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White-collar crime has been marketed - billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.

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Benito Mussolini created the word 'fascism.' He defined it as 'the merging of the state and the corporation.' He also said a more accurate word would be 'corporatism.' This was the definition in Webster's up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster's and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.

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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.

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When you screen it the first couple times, you're just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit. So you're doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it's working, and at that point, it's 50/50 as far as what's funny and what's working. Sometimes you'll put something in and it will just die so hard that it'll almost kill the movie.

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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.

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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.

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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.

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