Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
ADAM MCKAYIt’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.
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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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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It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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I don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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