Adam McKay Quotes
I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.
Quotes to Explore
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I love films that show people in a way that's so real it's almost unsettling, and that's what really inspires me because I write about people. I write about people that I know, so I want to portray them and portray myself in a way that is unapologetic.
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I love boxing. I box in a local boxing gym in London. I usually spar. But I've done two fights and I lost both of them admirably. I didn't realize how much it would hurt for them to actually hit me.
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If you love things or ideas or people that contradict each other, you have to be prepared to fight for every square inch of intellectual real estate you occupy.
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I was hoping, actually, that being on the other side of the camera in a scary movie, see how it's filmed and maybe you won't be as scared next time you watch one... didn't really work out! Because I know it's fake, but I just get so into it.
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It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
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I'm a family guy, so I would love to have a family; I would love to find that perfect person to have a family with.
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Rapunzel is a bit more relatable than the other princesses, especially because she doesn't even know that she's a princess until the very end of the movie. I like to think of her as the bohemian Disney princess. She's barefoot and living in a tower. She paints and reads... She's a Renaissance woman.
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One minute, it seemed I had more movie offers than I could handle; the next – no one wanted me.
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The first Broadway show I saw was when I was 11. I saw 'Hair.'
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It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really really cool to work with them and they were always really happy, and they made everybody really happy on the set too.
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I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina native Michael Jordan.
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The process of making a movie is what I love. I thrive on that. It's an exciting miracle, a mad adventure. I love being part of it.
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The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.
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The inner reality of love can be recognized only by love.
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I'm attracted to men who just love what they do, have confidence in what they do and have potential to be on their own if they need to be.
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There are no rules when it comes to love.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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I'm honored and blessed by God to be in the sport I love, and I want to accomplish all the goals I set in the sport of boxing - to be successful and make history.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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There was no United States before slavery. I am sure somebody can make some sort of argument about modern French identity and slavery and North Africa, but there simply is no American history before black people.
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Thankfully, I have never experienced a miscarriage, but I have friends and family who have, and I've talked to them about their feelings.
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The thing that intrigued me about 'Breaking Bad' from day one was the idea of taking a character and transforming him.
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I, for one, believe that revenue has to increase. I think every American would pay more if they thought spending was going to be cut and the budget brought to balance.
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I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.
