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Sacha baron cohen plays a fictional character but goes out and interacts with the real world. >> my name is mike. im going to be your driving instructor. welcome to our country. >> my name borat. >> good. im not used to that but thats fine. >> you cant measure the impact of putting that character in a real setting where reality and fiction and comedy and drama and all these different things merge in such an original way. ♪ people stop and stare ♪ >> its all right. >> sasha as borat is the br...

Mockumentara. sasha barren cohen plays a fictional character but goes out and interacts with the real world. >> my name is mike. im going to be your driving instructor. welcome to our country. >> my name a borat. >> okay. good. im not used to that, but thats fine. >> you cant measure the impact of putting that character in a real setting where reality and fiction is comedy and drama all merge into these things in such an original way. and sasha as borat, that is the breakthrough acting performan...

Merged in such an original way. ♪ people stop and staring >> and sacha as borat, that is the breakthrough acting performance of moderntimes. >> lift your hands. and begin to worship. >> he was like a method actor and had to really have a lot of touchstones so he could do the performance. because hes not acting with other actors. hes not acting on a set. he has to pretend he is this character and they have to believe it. >> were on air right now doing the weather. >> because the second they don...

>> its all right. >> thats the breakthrough acting performance. >> worship. >> he was like a method actor and had to have a lot of touchstones so he could do the performance. because he is not acting with other actors. he is not on a set. he has to pretend he is this character. they have to believe it. the second they dont believe it, the scene is over. a big part of the fun was you were robbing banks comedically. when we were done, the giddiness, the exhilaration of that experience was unmatche...

Mo mockumentory. sacha baron cohen plays a fictional character but goes out and interacts with the real world. >> my name is mike. im going to be your driving instructor. welcome to our country. >> my name borat. >> good. im not used to that but thats fine. >> you cant measure the impact of putting that character in a real setting where reality and fiction and comedy and drama and all these different things merge in such an original way. ♪ people stop and stare >> sasha has borat is the breakt...

Youre communing with the gods, basically, the gods of laughter. >> my name a borat. i like a you. i like sex. its nice. >> "borat" is a very interesting mockumentary. sasha barren cohen plays a fictional character but goes out and interacts with the real world. >> my name is mike, im going to be your driving instructor. >> my name a borat. >> im not used to that, but thats fine. >> reality and fiction and comedy and drama all merge in such an original way. and sasha as borat, that is the breakth...