The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
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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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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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 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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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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In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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