Adam McKay Quotes, America Quotes, Issues Quotes

Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.

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

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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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.

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

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The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers. In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.

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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 think what's dangerous [about comedy] is that you're coming into the room announcing your intentions.

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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps. My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school. I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.

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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it's just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.

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

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

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

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

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