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
Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying '24-hour news' almost has satire laced in it.
Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.
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.
Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film's not rolling. There's constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, "Why did my line count drop?" It's a nasty tense environment.
Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny.
Old man with an old phone. That's never not funny.
As for movies, what's great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
I always give myself a little part in every movie.