It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
ADAM MCKAYAs far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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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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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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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’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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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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This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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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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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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