I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
ADAM MCKAYDave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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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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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.
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Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.
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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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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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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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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I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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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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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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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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