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 MCKAYAnimals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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 grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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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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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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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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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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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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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