Adam McKay Quotes, Powerful Quotes

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

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For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.

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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.

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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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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.

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

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I'm not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.

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I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it's there and to push it just a little bit faster.

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I've gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.

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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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We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.

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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

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

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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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Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.

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

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

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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people's minds.

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