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Akiva Schaffer

(1977) Film Director

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Akiva Schaffer is a film director.

Quick Facts About Akiva Schaffer

Born: December 1, 1977
Profession: Film Director

About Akiva Schaffer

[Wikidata] American comedy writer, actor and film director... | [Wikipedia] Akiva Daniel Shebar Schaffer is an American writer, producer, director, comedian, actor, and rapper. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island, along with childhood friends Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. Schaffer began his career with The Lonely Island making videos for Channel 101

Quotes by Akiva Schaffer

Nothing is better than the moment you have Michael Bolton dressed as Forrest Gump and you see it in action.

Action

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With a lot of those 'S.N.L.' shorts, we would do them just as we wanted to do them and then beep out…

Away

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One time, my mom told us, 'No TV.' It was 3 P.M., and I was sneaking it in. She put her hand…

Hands

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Cartoons are the best stuff on TV. 'Wonder Showzen,' 'Aqua Teen,' 'SpongeBob,' and, of course, 'South Park' - one of the funniest…

Best

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'The Watch' is first and foremost a comedy, but since I got to shoot the film using elements from the sci-fi genre,…

Alien

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'SNL' is our main priority because that was our first big break.

Because

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I'm all about 'Halo 2'.

About

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I take a lot of ladies' vitamins, because I never buy my own and that's what's in the house. More iron.

Because

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I've always loved music videos - I used to make my own for bands like Pearl Jam. My favorite directors are Michel…

Band

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You learn, even at 'S.N.L.,' that the funniest scripts a lot of the time were written with the actor, because they know…

Actor

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What 'SNL' taught me that was useful on 'The Watch' was, only put in bad words if they can get a laugh…

Bad

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I find that 'Ghostbusters' and 'Alien' actually have a lot in common in that they're both so naturalistic in the performances. It…

Actually

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All of our heroes did silly stuff early and got more serious as time went on. Steve Martin, Adam Sandler, Bill Murray.…

Adam

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