By Tamera Jones & Steven Weintraub Published Oct 8, 2026, 4:15 AM EDT Sign in to your Collider account Add Us Summary Generate a summary of this story Like Like follow Follow followed Followed Listen Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Summary Collider's Steve Weintraub talks with Bill Burr for The Social Reckoning . Burr discusses what it's really like working with Aaron Sorkin on set. He also comments on the dangers of misinformation and prioritizing profit over safety. “Shut the engine off. What are we doing here?” asks comedian and actor Bill Burr in his interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub . Burr, who joined the ensemble cast of Aaron Sorkin ’s follow-up to The Social Network , The Social Reckoning , calls out Big Tech companies and their leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg , for more accountability. “They need to be stopped or regulated or something.”
In the movie, Facebook engineer and whistleblower Frances Haugen ( Mikey Madison ) begins meeting with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz ( Jeremy Allen White ) in secret to share information about the company’s negligence in addressing the dangers of its own algorithm . The Social Reckoning also stars Jeremy Strong as Zuckerberg, Wunmi Mosaku , Betty Gilpin , and Billy Magnussen .
During this interview, Burr discusses his experience working with Sorkin, refuting the “punctuation tyrant” rumors, and shares what it was like collaborating with the writer-director on set. He also comments on the impact of a film like The Social Reckoning and how damaging tech companies’ influence can be without intervention . You can watch the full interview in the video above, with a transcript provided below.
Image via Sony Pictures COLLIDER: I'm doing a supercut of everyone I'm talking to recently, and the question is: Where do you like to sit in a movie theater?
BILL BURR: The middle. The middle in the middle. I don't like going to the back. I like dead center.
Jumping into why I get to talk to you. You find out Aaron Sorkin is interested in meeting with you for this film. At first, did you think he was trying to reach a different Bill Burr?
BURR: Oh, yeah. I thought the whole thing, the fact that he wanted to pitch the movie to me, was hilarious. To me, it's like, dude, you're Aaron Sorkin. Like, I would literally dust around a room with no lines just to be in a movie with you. But it's real.
He's super humble. You wouldn't know that he's a legend. He's really passionate, and I love the guy. I love the guy. I could not have had a better time working on this. We've hung out a couple of times as he was going through the edit. You know, I smoke cigars, he has the occasional cigarette, so we would meet up and hang out and just talk about life and everything. He's just an awesome, awesome guy.
You're known for your distinct comedic voice and your timing, and I'm very curious what it was like, because Aaron’s scripts, you’ve got to deliver the words. You’ve got to hit the comma. So what was it like adapting to his rhythm and structure?
BURR: You know, it's not like that. It's more like you're in a scene with somebody else, and you're just listening to them and then reacting to what they're doing. So it's not like, “Hey, I'm so-and-so.” It's not like music: This is in seven, it's not in four. It's not like that. You just do it. It was like doing a play, I felt lik…