Adam McKay

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

There's nothing more fun than mean-spirited characters. ”

I like to remind myself how hard acting is. I do parts in friends' stuff. ”

I was shocked when 'The Hobbit' ended where it ended. I wasn't paying attention to what they were doing; I didn't know they had another movie, and I couldn't believe it was when the dragon came out. ”

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care. ”

White-collar crime has been marketed - billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it. ”

Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement. ”

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

Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world. ”

The key is a good story. If you have a good story, you have enough emotional beats that you can hit. ”