Skip to content

Actor Quote by Adam McKay

“I think when a lot of actors hear improv, they think of throwing a line in or doing a slightly different take.” quote by Adam McKay — Download Open image

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

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings)

Actor Different Doing Hear I think Improv Line Lot Slightly Take Theatre Think Throwing

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.

Image

I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.

Image

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

Image

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…

Image

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

Image

The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians,…

Image

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

Image

Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.

Image

I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process…

Image

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…

Image

Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.

Image

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…

Image

Explore all 183 Adam McKay quotes

More Actor quotes

I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have…

Image

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions…

Image

I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since.

Image

There has got to be a way for me to have a role on TV or in film that is just as normal as…

Image

I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to…

Image

I'm an actor, so I'm never going to feel like I've done enough.

Image

I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor…

Image

When I was 13, I auditioned for the theater school, and I was there for four years. In the meantime, I did my first…

Image

If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And…

Image

failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field.

Lillian Hellman

Image

I'm a character actor - always have been, always will be - and historically, character actors don't come into their own until later in…

Image

Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid…

Image

Browse all 7,793 Actor quotes