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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.

Adam McKay

There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about 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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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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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It’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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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.

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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.

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