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Akiva D. Schaffer (; born December 1, 1977) is an American film director, comedian, actor, and writer. He is a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island along with Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. He began his career with The Lonely Island making videos for Channel 101. In 2005, Saturday Night Live hired the trio, Schaffer joining as a writer. In their time at SNL, The Lonely Island pioneered the digital short format, creating some of the most popular sketches of all time, including “Lazy Sunday”, “I Just Had Sex”, “I’m on a Boat”, and “Dick in a Box”. After SNL, Schaffer went on to direct movies including, Hotrod, The Watch, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, and Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers. The Lonely Island made three albums including Incredibad, Turtleneck & Chain, and The Wack Album. Schaffer also produced a number of TV shows and movies some of which include MacGruber, PEN15, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, and Palm Springs.

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Akiva Schaffer about Time:

One time, my mom told us, 'No TV.' It was 3 P.M., and I was sneaking ...
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Akiva Schaffer about Best:

Cartoons are the best stuff on TV. 'Wonder Showzen,' 'Aqua Teen,' 'SpongeBob,' and, of course, 'South ...
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Akiva Schaffer about Halo:

I'm all about 'Halo 2'.

Akiva Schaffer about People:

I find that 'Ghostbusters' and 'Alien' actually have a lot in common in that they're both ...
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Akiva Schaffer about Music:

I've always loved music videos - I used to make my own for bands like Pearl ...
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Akiva D. Schaffer (; born December 1, 1977) is an American film director, comedian, actor, and writer. He is a advocate of the comedy charity The Lonely Island along in the vent of Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone. He began his career in imitation of The Lonely Island making videos for Channel 101. In 2005, Saturday Night Live hired the trio, Schaffer joining as a writer. In their grow old at SNL, The Lonely Island pioneered the digital brusque format, creating some of the most popular sketches of anything time, including “Lazy Sunday”, “I Just Had Sex”, “I’m upon a Boat”, and “Dick in a Box”. After SNL, Schaffer went upon to direct movies including, Hotrod, The Watch, Popstar: Never cease Never Stopping, and Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers. The Lonely Island made three albums including Incredibad, Turtleneck & Chain, and The Wack Album. Schaffer in addition to produced a number of TV shows and movies some of which improve MacGruber, PEN15, I Think You Should Leave taking into account Tim Robinson, and Palm Springs.

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Akiva Schaffer about Time:

All of our heroes did silly stuff early and got more serious as time went on. Steve Martin, Adam Sandler, Bill Murray. They got older, wiser, and made different choices.

Akiva Schaffer about People:

I find that 'Ghostbusters' and 'Alien' actually have a lot in common in that they're both so naturalistic in the performances. It feels like people you could be hanging out with right now in this room, yet they're on a spaceship or killing ghosts. But the way they talk is never heightened or otherwordly.

Akiva Schaffer about Best:

Cartoons are the best stuff on TV. 'Wonder Showzen,' 'Aqua Teen,' 'SpongeBob,' and, of course, 'South Park' - one of the funniest shows ever made.

Akiva Schaffer about Music:

I've always loved music videos - I used to make my own for bands like Pearl Jam. My favorite directors are Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and Patrick Daughters.

Akiva Schaffer about Halo:

I'm all about 'Halo 2'.

Akiva Schaffer about Never:

I take a lot of ladies' vitamins, because I never buy my own and that's what's in the house. More iron.

Akiva Schaffer about Time:

One time, my mom told us, 'No TV.' It was 3 P.M., and I was sneaking it in. She put her hand on the back of the TV to see if it was warm, and it was. So she pulled the cord out of the wall, opened the second-floor window, and just threw it out the window.

Akiva Schaffer about Moment:

Nothing is better than the moment you have Michael Bolton dressed as Forrest Gump and you see it in action.

Akiva Schaffer about Cool:

'The Watch' is first and foremost a comedy, but since I got to shoot the film using elements from the sci-fi genre, I wanted to make sure the alien didn't look goofy. I got to make a real alien that looks dangerous. That was a big plus for me because I got to do something really fun and cool.

Akiva Schaffer about First:

'SNL' is our main priority because that was our first big break.

Akiva Schaffer about Time:

You learn, even at 'S.N.L.,' that the funniest scripts a lot of the time were written with the actor, because they know what makes people laugh. It's always going to be better if they own it.

Akiva Schaffer about Words:

With a lot of those 'S.N.L.' shorts, we would do them just as we wanted to do them and then beep out the bad words. Since it was late night T.V., they let us get away with a lot.

Akiva Schaffer about Words:

What 'SNL' taught me that was useful on 'The Watch' was, only put in bad words if they can get a laugh - there was no need for swear words and beeps in places that weren't necessary. Those beeps should only be in there when they mean something and it's important to the joke.