Adam McKay Quotes
If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans.
Quotes to Explore
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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Everywhere you hang your hat is home. Home is the bright cave under the hat.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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There are ogres and black beasts out there; you have to be constantly on guard.
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You really have to create everything in order to come away with a full human being on screen.
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There are really very few roles for women in films in which you can also make a living.
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You'll never meet a nicer guy than Owen Wilson.
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Excessive speed and quantity are, like chattiness and digression, besetting sins of cyber-assisted authorship.
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The auctioneer is talking for both people, and that's the big revelation about, 'Oh, that's what they're doing.' They're just doing it very fast, so you could kind of miss on that. He's speaking for you, because people in the crowd don't have a voice, so that's what really makes it compelling.
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I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't sell internationally.
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Just do what you believe in, and success will follow.
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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.
