All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone..

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..

In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money..

It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you're not going to see messages that support Ay….

I think what's dangerous [about comedy] is that you're coming into the room announcing your intentions..

When you screen it the first couple times, you're just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where you….

I've gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs..

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….

We get so much information during the day that doesn't really tell us anything..

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 ….

Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate. Hardly socialism. In fact, i….

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 tha….

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

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

Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning..

If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects..

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

In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much….

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..

Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing..

The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians….