Adam McKay

You're not a slave to those test audiences.

— Adam McKay

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

— Adam McKay

You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'

— Adam McKay

Pete Wilson deregulated energy as a pay out to Enron, and we blamed Gray Davis.

— Adam McKay

I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it's there and to…

— Adam McKay

Other than Green Day, we haven't had a lot of protest music over the past few decades.

— Adam McKay

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

— Adam McKay

As for movies, what's great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.

— Adam McKay

There's always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.

— Adam McKay

There are so many shoot-'em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is…

— Adam McKay

Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything…

— Adam McKay

Friends give me a hard time about the pants I'm wearing, which are made in China. Well, how do you find the…

— Adam McKay

Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film's not rolling. There's constantly actors…

— Adam McKay

The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless…

— Adam McKay

First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you…

— Adam McKay

Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because…

— Adam McKay

I'll tell you one thing... no doubt about it, my favorite kind of comedy is talking head comedy. I mean, if it…

— Adam McKay

I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really…

— Adam McKay

Basically, we used to have a rule at 'Saturday Night Live' that you're not allowed to bring up 'The Simpsons' at the…

— Adam McKay

For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie…

— Adam McKay

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

— Adam McKay

We get so much information during the day that doesn't really tell us anything.

— Adam McKay

I have no tax breaks or corporate interests to be supported by Barack Obama.

— Adam McKay

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

— Adam McKay

The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.

— Adam McKay

I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.

— Adam McKay

We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.

— Adam McKay

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

— Adam McKay

The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying '24-hour news' almost has satire laced…

— Adam McKay

I would never do 'Stardust Memories' because I don't particularly like that kind of movie - that would be why I wouldn't…

— Adam McKay

Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.

— Adam McKay

Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.

— Adam McKay

A lot of shorts spend too much time setting up the idea; sometimes they meander.

— Adam McKay

Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny.

— Adam McKay

First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.

— Adam McKay

As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.

— Adam McKay

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

— Adam McKay

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

— Adam McKay

Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.

— Adam McKay

The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that…

— Adam McKay