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It’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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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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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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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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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
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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 would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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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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