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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.

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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Country Culture Disengaged Government People Process Thinking
I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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Effort Movie One Sure Thing Want Waste
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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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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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 crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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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Almost Die Hard Kill Movie Put Something
There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Advice Call People Time Want
Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Always Blanket Cynicism Excited Government Toward
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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Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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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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