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It’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.

Adam McKay

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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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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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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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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So you’re doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it’s working, and at that point, it’s 50/50 as far as what’s funny and what’s working.
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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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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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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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