It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
ADAM MCKAYI’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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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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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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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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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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 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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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