"I used to do stand-up, and I'd get the occasional laugh, but I'd never get that full-on, belly-aching laughter that Borat got. It's like a different kind of laugh. It's a laugh of shock, a laugh of di…"

"My job is to make people laugh, and if they learn something along the way, that's a bonus."

"My characters are not meant to be role models. They're meant to be cautionary tales."

"I think satire is a very effective way of exposing hypocrisy."

"I have no moral compass when I'm in character. That's the whole point."