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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.

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Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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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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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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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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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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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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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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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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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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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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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