218 Quotes by Adam McKay

There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.

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

Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

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.

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.

I always thought George Bush was more oblivious than mean, but oblivious can quickly go to mean.

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.

I hired Tina Fey for 'SNL,' which was certainly a good match. She took off right away there.