Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
ADAM MCKAYIt’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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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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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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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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Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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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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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
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