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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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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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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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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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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Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.
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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
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I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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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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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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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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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 crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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