Adam McKay Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Skin Color Quotes

Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.

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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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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.

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There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.

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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

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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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I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.

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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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'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.

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

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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny.

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I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it's so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.

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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.

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There are so many shoot-'em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.

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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.

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I'm just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it's amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.

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I always give myself a little part in every movie.

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

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