The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
ADAM MCKAYBlanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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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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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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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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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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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’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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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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