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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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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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For 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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.

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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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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps. 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. I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.

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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.

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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.

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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny.

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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.

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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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There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.

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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. It's one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America. It's one thing to break stuff and damage people's possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that's dangerous comedy.

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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.

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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

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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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