218 Quotes by Adam McKay

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.

The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.

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

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.

David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.

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.

We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.

The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ‘24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.

I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.