Adam McKay Quotes

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Adam McKay

Profession : Writer

Birth : April 17, 1968

If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.

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Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.

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We, Will Ferrell and I, were approached by Sequoia, which is a big financing firm up in Palo Alto; they do a lot of Internet stuff, and they came to us and said they had an idea for a comedy site, and Will and I were sorta like, 'Yeah, we don't know. It's the Internet, we've seen it come and go.'

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There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world.

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If you're calling yourself a maverick and you're not Dirk Nowitzki, then you are probably not one. In fact, this rule applies to anyone declaring themselves a 'God-fearing Christian' or a 'Man of the people.'

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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.

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I like to remind myself how hard acting is. I do parts in friends' stuff.

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

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The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.

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Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.

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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.

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I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.

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If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans.

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I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the one where I watched it and I was perplexed. I thought it was really boring.

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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.

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If you're making comedies, they have to have a fun and a rhythm to them.

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Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.

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There's nothing more fun than mean-spirited characters.

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My theme song is 'One Tin Soldier' by Coven.

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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.

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