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
As far as what makes a viral video, then it's gotta be something that you've either never seen before, a fresh piece of comedy, or something that relates to something topical.
You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'
You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.
When the movie starts playing on TV and DVD, that's when you really see what the movie is.
Things I used to get in trouble for writing at 'SNL,' suddenly other people like it.
There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world.
There's nothing more fun than making fun of what's sacred.
The thing is, I've gotten massages to Enya. I like Enya. If you ate fantastic steaks to Celine Dion, you'd like Celine Dion.
The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit.
The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.
Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.
Michael Lewis has the amazing ability to take complex formulas and concepts and turn them into page-turners.
Matt Braunger really makes me laugh; I like that guy a lot.
It's one thing to break stuff and damage people's possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that's dangerous comedy.