Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
ADAM MCKAYBlanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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For a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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I’m just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it’s amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.
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The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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