Adam McKay Quotes

Adam McKay is an American filmmaker, writer, and comedian. He is known for his work on comedy films such as "Anchorman," "Step Brothers," and "The Big Short." McKay's unique blend of humor and social commentary has made him a respected figure in the world of comedy and filmmaking.

Billions have been spent for one purpose and one purpose only: to obscure and distract from the fact that Mitt Romney is backing the identical agenda George W. Bush did.

If you look at 'Avatar,' could you imagine if you did 'Avatar' for 50 million dollars? It would be ridiculous! You would almost be getting laughs from the audience, unless you got a real indie director to do something incredibly stylised.

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You h... -Adam McKay

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

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.

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.

I'm sure when they partied when Rome was burning, ... -Adam McKay

I'm sure when they partied when Rome was burning, that was a really great party.

A dry stretch of commentary in the middle of an 'A... -Adam McKay

A dry stretch of commentary in the middle of an 'Anchorman' movie would have been a terrible thing.

My wife is pretty geeky and will occasionally quot... -Adam McKay

My wife is pretty geeky and will occasionally quote 'Anchorman' at me.

There's nothing more fun than making fun of what's... -Adam McKay

There's nothing more fun than making fun of what's sacred.

Sony is the coolest studio. They are really amazing. I think part of it comes from they're not an American corporation. They don't work by quite the same rules. And their studio heads have a lot of autonomy.

All you can really do as director is sort of set a... -Adam McKay

All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

We lost our minds in the '80s and '90s; we really as a society just felt that everyone could only care about themselves. There was no responsibility to discuss what's going on in your town, your state, your nation. And it was a blast, it was really fun, but it doesn't work.

Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.

The key is a good story. If you have a good story,... -Adam McKay

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

For 'Breaking Bad,' people were with Walter White for 99% of that show, even though that guy is a monster.

America is a country that prides itself on being able to identify a 'straight shooter' or 'the genuine article' when it comes to our leaders. As a nation, we can 'feel it in our gut' when someone is giving us a bum steer.

I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.

'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ev... -Adam McKay

'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.

I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.

I don't want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of 'Idiocracy' and 'Borat,' without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.

It should be a law for one whole year that all laugh tracks are Seth Rogen. The world would get ever so slightly better.

That's always the trick with the sequels, is how much do you repeat from the first one. Because we all get bummed out when you go see a sequel and it's beat for beat.

Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from the government.

I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don't want handouts and don't much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.

Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.

The thing is, I've gotten massages to Enya. I like Enya. If you ate fantastic steaks to Celine Dion, you'd like Celine Dion.

There's nothing the people love more than a Federa... -Adam McKay

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

Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild a... -Adam McKay

Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.

'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'

First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.

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