The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs. Adam McKay Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I always thought George Bush was more oblivious than mean, but oblivious can quickly go to mean. Adam McKay Read Quote
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 Read Quote
You think of movies like ‘Midnight Run’ and ’48 Hours’, those are great movies, especially ‘Midnight Run.’ Adam McKay Read Quote
In the past, in the ’60s and ’70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about it, and I think you had comics that were comics. Adam McKay Read Quote
Nowadays, the truth is, I think a lot of the newer generation of action stars usually are pretty self-deprecating and cool. I mean, Dwayne Johnson is a great example. Adam McKay Read Quote
