Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
ADAM MCKAYFor 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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.
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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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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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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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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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