Adam McKay Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Adam McKay

  Hollywood, Imagine, Bigs

  Source: www.progressive.org

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• As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.

  Adam McKay

  Hate, Audience

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. August 5, 2010.

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

  Adam McKay

  My Favorite, Dave, Performances

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• In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.

  Adam McKay

  Hollywood, Filters, Finals

  Source: www.progressive.org

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

  Adam McKay

  Yawning, Two, Three

  "'The first cut was was four hours' - inside the 'Anchorman 2' editing room with director Adam McKay". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, screencrush.com. November 25, 2013.

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• “Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”

  Adam McKay

  Military, Government, Scary

  "6 O’Clock (Pacific Time) High" by Adam McKay, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2008.

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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.

  Adam McKay

  Crazy, Ice, People

  "Interview: Adam McKay and Neal Brennan Give Us 'The Goods'". Interview with Scott Beggs, filmschoolrejects.com. August 15, 2009.

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• Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate. Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.

  Adam McKay

  Obamacare, Facts, Republican

  "Dear America, Please Don’t Fall for This Shit Again" by Adam McKay, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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• 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.

  Adam McKay

  America, Issues, Hollywood

  Source: www.progressive.org

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

  Adam McKay

  Might, Elites

  Source: www.avclub.com

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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.

  Adam McKay

  Thinking, Years, Tv Shows

  Source: www.progressive.org

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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.

  Adam McKay

  People

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• It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you're not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don't agree with that.

  Adam McKay

  America, People, Support

  Source: www.progressive.org

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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.

  Adam McKay

  America, Racism, Pockets

  Source: www.progressive.org

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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.

  Adam McKay

  Art, Jobs, Thinking

  Source: www.progressive.org

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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.

  Adam McKay

  Mom, Jobs, School

  Source: www.progressive.org

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

  Adam McKay

  Thinking, Rooms, Comedy

  Source: filmschoolrejects.com

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

  Adam McKay

  Laughing, Guy, Hug

  "Gross Prophets". Interview with Brett Martin, www.gq.com. July 12, 2010.

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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.

  Adam McKay

  Lying, Heart, Thinking

  Source: www.progressive.org

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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.

  Adam McKay

  People, Musician, Directors

  Source: www.progressive.org

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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.

  Adam McKay

  Fans, Giants, Able

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• In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.

  Adam McKay

  America, Wages, Company

  Source: collider.com

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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.

  Adam McKay

  Running, People, Belief

  Source: collider.com

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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.

  Adam McKay

  Banking, Essentials, Finance

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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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.

  Adam McKay

  People, Want, Comedy

  Source: collider.com

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