Adam McKay Quotes

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

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

The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.

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.

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

There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.

In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.

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.

Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.

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.