Adam McKay Quotes

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Adam McKay

Profession : Writer

Birth : April 17, 1968

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

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The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.

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Matt Braunger really makes me laugh; I like that guy a lot.

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It's one thing to break stuff and damage people's possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that's dangerous comedy.

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Everything in America is so stratified by class now. We have the 93rd level of income inequality in the world. You're already seeing highway lanes that are for pay and ones that aren't.

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I think I'm better than Mamet, I would say.

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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.

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You can't really do a big character in an action film; you're already suspending your disbelief in the action, then to suspend your disbelief in the character is too much.

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In the past, in the '60s and '70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about it, and I think you had comics that were comics.

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Sometimes I know a joke I'm going to yell out ahead of time, but most of the time it's stream of conscious. You never really know it until you've got everyone dressed up, the set is built, all the extras are here.

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As far as what makes a viral video, then it's gotta be something that you've either never seen before, a fresh piece of comedy, or something that relates to something topical.

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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.

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Having a guy on a microphone yelling lines at you is counter to a lot of acting techniques.

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

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Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.

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I think when a lot of actors hear improv, they think of throwing a line in or doing a slightly different take.

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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.

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I love Paul Rudd.

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There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.

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The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.

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