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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.

Adam McKay

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.
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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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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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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.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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I’m just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it’s amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.
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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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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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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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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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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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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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