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
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.
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.
I don't think there's ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that's terrible and a lie.
In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
There are so many shoot-'em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
There's always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
I always give myself a little part in every movie.
Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
As for movies, what's great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
Old man with an old phone. That's never not funny.