I watched a lot of the James Bond movies, certainly, both the old ones and the reboot with Daniel Craig. I watched a lot of the Matt Helm films with Dean Martin, which just have these great car scenes where… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
But strangely, [in] the original Matt Helm books, he's just this super hardass assassin. They sort of made it into a sexy romp for the movies. The books are very, very dark. I also watched 'OSS 117: Cairo, Nest Of… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
I think the animation helps divorce the violence from reality. The sex certainly doesn't look all that realistic. I think the fact that it's… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
I really liked the design aesthetic of the mid-century modern for furniture and the early '60s stuff for the clothes. But then, personally, I'm… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
If you make a 'Star Wars' reference, everybody's familiar with that. It's a common reference that most people can relate to - 'Bartleby, The… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
I was telling somebody about in grammar school we used to have the duck-and-cover drills where we'd have to go down to a fallout shelter in the basement. We'd sit on our butts on the ground next to the wall with a textbook over our heads and our knees sort of drawn up to our chest. I don't think they… — Adam Reed Copy Share
In fact, now for whatever reason, if we're recording in the same room, I get a little distracted because I'm watching the actor instead of listening to the actor. The way we do it now, they're on the phone, and we're sitting here with scripts in front of us taking notes seriously and marking takes and doing some adlibs. I… — Adam Reed Copy Share
I get enough of that on the news, so I didn't want to deal with fundamentalists or any sort of thing like that. I… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
I watched a lot of the James Bond movies, certainly, both the old ones and the reboot with Daniel Craig. I watched a lot… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
Probably I'm more of a fan of the literary references than the pop-culture references. But I do go to the pop-culture well quite frequently… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
But strangely, [in] the original Matt Helm books, he's just this super hardass assassin. They sort of made it into a sexy romp for… — Adam Reed Copy Share Image
![“But strangely, [in] the original Matt Helm books, he's just this super hardass assassin. They sort of made it into a sexy romp for the movies. The books are very, very dark. I also watched 'OSS 117: Cairo, Nest Of Spies,' which is a French film. They just made a second one, I think, which is based…” quote by Adam Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8cb/adam-reed-45165_1960s_but-strangely-in-the-original-matt-helm_2847449.jpg)
