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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.

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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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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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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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Benito Mussolini created the word 'fascism.' He defined it as 'the merging of the state and the corporation.' He also said a more accurate word would be 'corporatism.' This was the definition in Webster's up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster's and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.

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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”

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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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I don't think there's ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that's terrible and a lie.

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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.

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

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'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.

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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.

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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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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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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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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.

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We're always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.

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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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