“The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.” WaySituationBreakSeriousIce Author:Adam McKay
“I think what's dangerous [about comedy] is that you're coming into the room announcing your intentions.” ThinkingRoomsComedyDangerousIntentionAnnouncing Author:Adam McKay
“Most of what's tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience's expectation.” AudienceComedyPerceptionExpectationsTricky Author:Adam McKay
“Models never say, "I'm hot." They say, "Look at these clothes." Whereas, with comedy, you have to say, "I'm hot."” LooksComedyClothesModelsHot Author:Neal Brennan
“Movies are grander, with (in my experience) more heavy weight chefs in the kitchen: the studio, the producers, the writers. All of them get to weigh in and you have to listen to all of them because they hired you. With TV, it's a way smaller scale, with only a few people weighing in.” PeopleWayTvsWeightStudiosHeavyScalesProducersKitchenChefWeighingHeavy Weights Author:Neal Brennan
“Whoever has the most at stake should have the most power.” ShouldShould HaveStakes Author:Neal Brennan
“The victory of the show is in the writing. Coming up with sketches and stand-up bits. The rest is just hitting buttons on a machine more or less.” WritingShowsBitsVictoryMachinesHittingButtons Author:Neal Brennan
“Songs come when they wanna come and I'll work at it when I feel like working at it. There are some songwriters that write every day, and I'm definitely not one of those guys. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. It's just kind of what I do.” IfsKnowsFeelsWritingKindGuySongGood ThingsBad ThingsSongwriters Author:William Clark Green