Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.

Borat shows American stereotypes of Eastern Europe but it's an accurate depiction of what a certain type of American is. They think they can buy and sell these girls and then they get bought and sold.

Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

Hopefully we'll get to a point where people realize movies don't cause violence. It just reflects the violence going on in the culture.

Imagine trying to relive your worst break-up, your worst fight, the most painful death of a loved one, and just really relive it step by step, and bring it up and apply it to the scene you're in.

I look at careers like Ben Stiller and think that's a great career to have where you're doing movies that you write and direct, and also act in films, although he's primarily an actor.