There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
ADAM MCKAYThe easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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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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In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you’re not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don’t agree with that.
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There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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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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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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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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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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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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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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