Adam McKay
Adam McKay
Adam McKayis an American film director, producer, screenwriter, comedian, and actor. McKay served as head writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live for two seasons. He directed Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Step Brothers, The Other Guys, and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. McKay has a creative partnership with actor Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote all except one of these films...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth17 April 1968
CityDenver, CO
CountryUnited States of America
I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the one where I watched it and I was perplexed. I thought it was really boring.
I've gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers. In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.
I'm not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
The one thing for sure is, I don't ever want to waste a movie. I don't ever want to waste effort.
We get so much information during the day that doesn't really tell us anything.
I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
For a documentary it's so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it's so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
I'm just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it's amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.