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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.

Adam McKay

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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Else Fail Failing Pro
Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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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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I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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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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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 are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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