It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
ADAM MCKAYNormally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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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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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us 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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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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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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There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
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