Adam McKay Quotes
I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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I loved Alessandra Torre's 'Black Lies.'
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Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
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We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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I couldn't live on the singing at first, so I worked as a cleaner, in a launderette, in a garage, face painting and doing the windows of shops at Christmas, 'cause I had been to art college.
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Oh, I don't talk about Jack and me. Some things are too good to share.
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The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
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I'm the worst employee in the world. I'll cheat and steal time and resources from my employer, although I'll con everybody into believing I'm essential to the operation.
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And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
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I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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Look back, and smile on perils past.
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I'll work out with my trainer twice a week, and I'll do some Power Pilates and might throw in some yoga. I love to row also. The main thing for me is just to move every single day for 30 minutes to an hour.
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The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory.
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I like to write first-person because I like to become the character I'm writing.
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My family's so happy in Tuscaloosa. My wife loves it.
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I think ageing suits me because I was born old, like Spencer Tracy or Dolly the Sheep.
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Home is where you go to when you've nowhere to go.
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What I loved about 'The 40 Year-Old Virgin,' the title is the easy sell, but when you see the movie, the comedy is more free-form and more relatable.
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I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.
