Adam McKay

“'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.”

“It's Will Ferrell, he does Will Ferrell movies. But if you really look at it, he tries to do something different with each one, whether it's an action cop movie like 'The Other Guys' or doing 'Talladega Nights' going into red state America or 'Casa de Mi Padre' or 'Stranger Than Fiction,' which is more of a drama.”

“Tom Brokaw was never young.”

“When the movie starts playing on TV and DVD, that's when you really see what the movie is.”

“You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'”

“I hired Tina Fey for 'SNL,' which was certainly a good match. She took off right away there.”

“I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character.”

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

“It should be a law for one whole year that all laugh tracks are Seth Rogen. The world would get ever so slightly better.”

“All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.”

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

“Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people.”

“I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.”

“Nothing heightens chaos more than a berserk wild animal right in the middle.”

“I love action movies.”

“I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.”

“Having two kids, I don't get out to see stand up much anymore.”

“Wal-Mart is the biggest distributor of DVDs out there, but personally, I think their manufacturing policies have destroyed our economy, and they don't pay their employees enough. I have massive problems with them.”

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

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