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 More Quotes by Adam McKay More Quotes From Adam McKay We get so much information during the day that doesn't really tell us anything. Adam McKay information Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better. Adam McKay just-do-it voice 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 For a documentary it's so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film Adam McKay giving character people Old man with an old phone. That's never not funny. Adam McKay old-man phones men 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. Adam McKay couple trying laughing 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 pockets racism america There's a lot of things you can't control. But you can always be a pro. Adam McKay If all else fails, you can always be a pro. Adam McKay failing ifs There's such an aggressively apolitical movement in the US that anything that smells of being political - even the term "political" is so ridiculous, when you think about it. The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that's what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population. Adam McKay ridiculous political thinking 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 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 belief running people 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 comedy want people I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we'd been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don't think people really saw this guy for what he was. Adam McKay government people thinking 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 musician directors people I've gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs. Adam McKay hug guy laughing Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny. Adam McKay animal talking 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 giants able fans 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 company wages america The one thing for sure is, I don't ever want to waste a movie. I don't ever want to waste effort. Adam McKay waste effort want
