--- title: "18 Time Quotes By Adam McKay" description: "18 Time quotes by Adam McKay. Plus more from Adam McKay and more Time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/adam-mckay-2140_advice_any-time-chris-nolan-wants-to-call-me-fo_327443.jpg" --- > [Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/any-time-chris-nolan-wants-to-call-me-for-advice-he-can/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/adam-mckay-2140_advice_any-time-chris-nolan-wants-to-call-me-fo_327443.jpg) > [A lot of shorts spend too much time setting up the idea; sometimes they meander.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/a-lot-of-shorts-spend-too-much-time-setting-up-the-idea-sometimes/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/adam-mckay-2140_idea_a-lot-of-shorts-spend-too-much-time-sett_197266.jpg) > [Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/every-time-i-wrote-a-sketch-that-was-in-my-voice-ferrell-would-just/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c75/adam-mckay-2140_just-do-it_every-time-i-wrote-a-sketch-that-was-in_2583316.jpg) > [Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/every-time-a-congressman-or-pundit-says-its-class-warfare-to-increase/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f28/adam-mckay-2140_class_every-time-a-congressman-or-pundit-says_1048271.jpg) > [I actually opened for Chris Rock at the Funny Bone one time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/i-actually-opened-for-chris-rock-at-the-funny-bone-one-time/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/adam-mckay-2140_actually_i-actually-opened-for-chris-rock-at-the_1369441.jpg) > [The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/the-easiest-time-to-be-funny-is-during-a-fairly-serious-situation-2/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/adam-mckay-2140_break_the-easiest-time-to-be-funny-is-during-a_2370596.jpg) > [Sometimes I know a joke I'm going to yell out ahead of time, but most of the time it's stream of conscious.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/sometimes-i-know-a-joke-i-m-going-to-yell-out-ahead-of-time-but-most/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/adam-mckay-2140_ahead_sometimes-i-know-a-joke-i-m-going-to-yel_2445297.jpg) > [It's time Hawaii answer doubters and produce documents proving that it is a state. What are they hiding? And why haven't we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/it-s-time-hawaii-answer-doubters-and-produce-documents-proving-that/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5a/adam-mckay-2140_answer_it-s-time-hawaii-answer-doubters-and-pro_3143947.jpg) > [I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it's there and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/i-think-that-the-job-of-art-and-culture-is-to-jump-on-that-time-and/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/adam-mckay-2140_art_i-think-that-the-job-of-art-and-culture_2899170.jpg) > [For some reason, people with comedy, any time they can detect a pattern, it kind of freaks them out. 'Those guys are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/for-some-reason-people-with-comedy-any-time-they-can-detect-a-pattern/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/adam-mckay-2140_always_for-some-reason-people-with-comedy-any-t_2276799.jpg) > ['Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/firewall-seems-both-scary-and-protective-at-the-same-time-and-how/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/adam-mckay-2140_besides_firewall-seems-both-scary-and-protective_321129.jpg) > [I don't think there's ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/i-don-t-think-there-s-ever-been-a-moment-in-history-where-that-as-an/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/adam-mckay-2140_artist_i-don-t-think-there-s-ever-been-a-moment_3142258.jpg) > [In the past, in the '60s and '70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/in-the-past-in-the-60s-and-70s-genres-were-much-more-segmented-you/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/adam-mckay-2140_about_in-the-past-in-the-60s-and-70s-genres-we_1174145.jpg) > [The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/the-easiest-time-to-be-funny-is-during-a-fairly-serious-situation/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/adam-mckay-2140_break_the-easiest-time-to-be-funny-is-during-a_1512689.jpg) > [First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/first-and-foremost-when-you-re-doing-comedy-you-gotta-be-relevant-and/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/adam-mckay-2140_about_first-and-foremost-when-you-re-doing-com_1086272.jpg) > [Friends give me a hard time about the pants I'm wearing, which are made in China. Well, how do you find the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/friends-give-me-a-hard-time-about-the-pants-i-m-wearing-which-are/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/adam-mckay-2140_about_friends-give-me-a-hard-time-about-the-pa_1290045.jpg) > [Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/every-time-a-pundit-or-elected-official-is-on-any-tv-news-program-it/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/adam-mckay-2140_activist_every-time-a-pundit-or-elected-official_604856.jpg) > [When you screen it the first couple times, you're just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/when-you-screen-it-the-first-couple-times-you-re-just-trying-to-get/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92f/adam-mckay-2140_couple_when-you-screen-it-the-first-couple-time_661813.jpg) ## Other authors on Time - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 1,532 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 437 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 409 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 398 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 355 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/frederick-lenz/) - [Jarod Kintz 339 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 308 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/haruki-murakami/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 302 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 291 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 272 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 263 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 257 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Adam McKay > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/since-fdr-s-new-deal-corporations-and-wealthy-families-have-been-non/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/i-was-a-huge-fan-of-comedy-in-high-school/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [I think I'm better than Mamet, I would say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/i-think-i-m-better-than-mamet-i-would-say/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 were up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/i-ll-tell-you-one-thing-no-doubt-about-it-my-favorite-kind-of-comedy/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [The 'Police Academy' stuff was all hyper-slapsticky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/the-police-academy-stuff-was-all-hyper-slapsticky/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/the-only-way-that-hollywood-ever-skews-toward-liberal-is-because-part/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > ['Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/blazing-saddles-is-one-of-the-funniest-movies-ever-made/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/blanket-cynicism-toward-government-has-always-existed/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/i-have-certain-beliefs-about-how-people-should-treat-employees-and/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [If you're calling yourself a maverick and you're not Dirk Nowitzki, then you are probably not one. In fact, this rule applies to anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/if-you-re-calling-yourself-a-maverick-and-you-re-not-dirk-nowitzki/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/celebrities-and-famous-people-are-just-regular-folks-i-know-it-s-a/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/i-don-t-want-to-speak-for-my-movies-you-could-say-my-movies-are-just/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [A lot of shorts spend too much time setting up the idea; sometimes they meander.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/a-lot-of-shorts-spend-too-much-time-setting-up-the-idea-sometimes/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/i-think-everyone-knows-the-news-has-become-ridiculous-it-s/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) > [Word of mouth and the Internet are the only press we have left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/word-of-mouth-and-the-internet-are-the-only-press-we-have-left/) [Adam McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-mckay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/adam-mckay/#itemlist", "name": "18 Time Quotes By Adam McKay", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Adam McKay" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-mckay/any-time-chris-nolan-wants-to-call-me-for-advice-he-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/adam-mckay-2140_advice_any-time-chris-nolan-wants-to-call-me-fo_327443.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/adam-mckay-2140_advice_any-time-chris-nolan-wants-to-call-me-fo_327443.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/adam-mckay-2140_advice_any-time-chris-nolan-wants-to-call-me-fo_327443.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.” — Adam McKay", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of shorts spend too much time setting up the idea; 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