Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
ADAM MCKAYIn general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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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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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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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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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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 don’t want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of ‘Idiocracy’ and ‘Borat,’ without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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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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