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Adam McKay Biography

Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is 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 (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Step Brothers (2008), The Other Guys (2010), and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013). McKay has a creative partnership with actor Will Ferrell, with whom he has co-written and produced TV series' and films.

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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.

Invasion, Invasions, Land, Stop, Stopping, Way

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.

Hollywood, Line, Thinking, Tv Shows, Year, Years

The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers. In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.

Designers, Directors, Musician, People, Writers

Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.

Bolton, Dave, Herman, My Favorite, Performances

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

Articles, Firsts, Interview, Interviews, Love, Movie

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.

Comedy, Happens, People, See, Understand, Want

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

Funniest, Guy, Knows, Sanz, Two, World

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.

Actors, Line, Lines, Rolling, Screaming

Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny.

Animal, Animals, Behaving, Funny, Talking

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

Break, Funny, Ice, Serious, Situation, Way

It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.

Confusion, Different, Funny, Junk, See, Specific

The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying '24-hour news' almost has satire laced in it.

Ideas, Insane, Laced, News, Step

If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.

Action, Movies, Savages, Special, Week

Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate. Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.

Begin, Billions, Facts, Obamacare, Plan, Republican

For my money, I don't think there's been a better comedy than 'Kung Fu Hustle' in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

Hustle, Knocked, Kung, Money, Thinking, Years

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

Lying, Class, Warfare, Time, Increase

There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.

Federal, Federal Reserve, Joke, Jokes, People, Reserve

I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps. My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school. I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.

Mom, Jobs, School, Loans, Individuals

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.

America, Come, Company, Manufacturing, Open, Wages

I don't want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of 'Idiocracy' and 'Borat,' without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.

Borat, Doubt, Dumb, Silly, Subversive

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