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Old man with an old phone. That's never not funny.

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Adam McKay
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: April 17
Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Television Producer
Philadelphia
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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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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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.
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It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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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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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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'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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I've gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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There's a lot of things you can't control. But you can always be a pro.
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Most of what's tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience's expectation.
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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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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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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