Smashing 16 Selected Quotes From Adam Mckay

Smashing 16 Selected Quotes From Adam Mckay
Smashing 16 Selected Quotes From Adam Mckaye

When you do comedy, you get impervious to good and bad reviews.

Adam McKay

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

Adam McKay

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

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

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 to me, I'd do a whole entire movie that was just around a dinner table.

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 to me, I'd do a whole entire movie that was just around a dinner table.

Adam McKay

First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.

First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.

Adam McKay

You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.

You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.

Adam McKay

You're not a slave to those test audiences.

You're not a slave to those test audiences.

Adam McKay

The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.

The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.

Adam McKay

I'm a huge hip hop fan going way back, like, back to '83. I had my Gemini mixer listening to Run-DMC and Kurtis Blow.

I'm a huge hip hop fan going way back, like, back to '83. I had my Gemini mixer listening to Run-DMC and Kurtis Blow.

Adam McKay

I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.

I gotta say - if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I'd love that article.

Adam McKay

I like to remind myself how hard acting is. I do parts in friends' stuff.

I like to remind myself how hard acting is. I do parts in friends' stuff.

Adam McKay

For some reason, people with comedy, any time they can detect a pattern, it kind of freaks them out. 'Those guys are always together!' Yeah, they're a comedy team. Anything they can recognize as a pattern they think is a hole.

For some reason, people with comedy, any time they can detect a pattern, it kind of freaks them out. 'Those guys are always together!' Yeah, they're a comedy team. Anything they can recognize as a pattern they think is a hole.

Adam McKay

There's nothing more fun than mean-spirited characters.

There's nothing more fun than mean-spirited characters.

Adam McKay

I always thought George Bush was more oblivious than mean, but oblivious can quickly go to mean.

I always thought George Bush was more oblivious than mean, but oblivious can quickly go to mean.

Adam McKay

If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans.

If you aim for parody right off the bat and it misses, no offense to the filmmakers, but it is Meet the Spartans.

Adam McKay

I think there's a tendency to think geeks and nerds are just sweet guys that were picked on, but that hasn't been my experience. I'm certainly not like that, in a lot of ways.

I think there's a tendency to think geeks and nerds are just sweet guys that were picked on, but that hasn't been my experience. I'm certainly not like that, in a lot of ways.

Adam McKay

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