Quotes from Adam McKay

Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.

I want to see Brian Williams with no irony wearing a mustache.

Pete Wilson deregulated energy as a pay out to Enron, and we blamed Gray Davis.

Every time a pundit or elected official is on any TV news program, it should be a polite formality to mention that GE has made such and such billions off the war in Iraq by selling arms or that Murdoch is a right-wing activist with a clear stake in who wins and who taxes his profits the least.

I was born in Colorado and grew up in Pennsylvania with family in Texas and Oklahoma.

'The Real World' is the most predictable arc ever. They get on the show, they're all excited, we're gonna be best friends, then people start drinking and get hammered, and say stupid stuff, and that's pretty much it.

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

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.

After thousands of hours of news coverage, we have learned that Hillary is a liar and Barack is a terrorist or something.

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

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.

I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it's there and to push it just a little bit faster.

The living nightmare for a red state NASCAR driver would be a gay French driver.

I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.

My theme song is 'One Tin Soldier' by Coven.

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.

"Firewall" seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides "military" and "government?"

You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.

Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.

Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie.

As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.

Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.

The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.