29 Quotes by Dave McCary

With filmmaking in general, I have never absorbed the traditional knowledge of film history or filmmaking. It has always been just pick up the camera and go figure it out.

But I really like our experimental, performance and monologue videos, where there's barely jokes in the video, where it's almost a joke in itself that the monologue is even being recorded.

We see the worst versions of ourselves - things we did or could have done - in the characters who inspire us.

But 'Brigsby Bear' was really important to me, because I wanted to tackle something dramatic.

My dad was a Seventh-Day Adventist pastor, and from an early age I was put off by being force-fed a belief system.

Everybody has their own story or they've been shaped by their upbringing, and we have to love them for what that experience created.

Once I got into film, I was never like, 'I want to make comedies.'

Even if I'm not having the best time in a social situation, I'll force a smile.

At 'SNL,' we don't have the luxury to perfect things. However a video turns out, that's what we have to present. There's a number of things that I'm super embarrassed by and wish didn't air.