In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
ADAM MCKAYIt’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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 grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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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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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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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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