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Judd Apatow Quote: “I try to just save a fresh, clear head for whoever I’m working with, so hopefully it’s helpful that there’s someone who doesn’t have to sit in the editing room for 12 hours a day, and who’s blinded by the massive footage and options that they have.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I’m trying to communicate I’m not done.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I think a lot of studios today are run by women, and we are entering a time when a lot of women have evolved in Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade and wanted to become writers and comedians.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I think it’s fun to have people see everything at once, and then I think certain shows are very well-suited to being on every week and being spread out over months.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “One of my fears is that I’m suddenly not going to be funny, but still think I am. That’s like my nightmare that I can wake up in a cold sweat from.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “My first writing jobs were writing Tom Arnold specials for HBO, so I love working there.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I still feel like a weird kid who is about to take a punch in the face. So, I think it’s permanent.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I hear Amy Schumer on Howard Stern, and I think, “I wish there was a movie that starred her, because she’s so interesting,” and then at some point I go, “I guess I have to get involved, because it’s not happening right now. Maybe I should help try to make that happen.””
Judd Apatow Quote: “A lot of bands that are great disappear a little bit faster than they used to. They don’t get as much support for the long haul. You have to be pretty tough to hang in there.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I’m always talking to people. It’s not that complicated. I just find somebody and say, “Do you have any ideas.” If they do, we just start thinking things around.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I like to make movies the way people made movies in the ’70s, where they lived and died with these stories, and cared about them, and went to war for them, and they all said something they wanted to say.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “When people lose their jobs, they can either get another job or be entrepreneurs. In the music industry, a lot of people have attempted the latter by starting their own labels, but in the age of digital downloads, it’s very difficult to succeed.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “You hear people say: “One day, when I’m in a good position I can make my passion project.” I’ve seen a lot of people get into that position and not make it.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “Harold: Serenity is an illusion, but if anything is possible and I can do anything, then there’s a limitless capacity to do good.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “There was definitely a period when I just felt out of sync with earth.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I think there have been so many documentaries about pop stars, made by pop stars. It’s a new phenomenon. People making these movies where they praise themselves and show their own weaknesses. it’s all designed to make you love them even more.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “Jerry: If you always want less, in words as well as things, you’ll do well as a writer.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I have to make good things so good comedians want to talk to me.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it’s always the same actors and directors.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “Television is much more difficult because at every moment the network can force you to change things based on their belief about what would make it popular. You’re in a constant debate with a gun at your head, and the gun is cancellation. So it’s hard to win the arguments.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “There are people who like short movies, and I think they should just watch our movies on DVD because they can pause, go to the bathroom, eat dinner, and come back to it.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “If you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “That’s the greatest thing about comedy. If you’ve got talent, it’s unmistakable. No one misses it and you don’t have to wait around for a break. It’s very easy to get a break. It’s very hard to be good enough.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “Up until ‘Bridesmaids,’ the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I didn’t want to be a director for hire. It really just took me a long time to learn how to direct and to feel up to the job.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “We are at this weird moment where there’s an economic model that supports creativity. People are demanding something new and fresh.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I’ve come to believe that the simpler the title, the better. Whenever I try to get cute with it, it seems to be a problem but if it’s just The 40-Year-Old Virgin, people seem to know what they’re in for.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I’m the guy who gets uncomfortable. That’s why I was able to write ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin’ and ‘Knocked Up.’ I believe in those guys.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “If you develop 10 things, and you can get two or three made, that’s a very high ration.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “Back then, you seemed like a crazy person when you were trying to push the boundaries of network TV. People looked at you, and they were offended by the fact that you didn’t follow the generic rules of what was expected on network TV.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “When you make a movie, you just send it off into the world. You never actually live it with the crowd.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I like when people are very passionate about what they want to write about. Even if it’s silly, you can be very passionate about it.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I start thinking about the next movie before it’s a success, so I can never have one moment of happiness or peace. I’m instantly thinking about the next one.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “When I notice that all the beats sound exactly the same, it starts to wear on me.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “To me, I’ve never understood why there is any question about are women as funny as men.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I still feel like a nerd.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “Nowadays, when kids decide they like an artist, they’ll absorb everything that artist has ever done in a single night.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “Sarah: I can be cynical. But I don’t think of myself, at my core, as cynical. So much of it is location. Like, who is Muslim? Who is a Jew? Who is a Catholic? Who is a Christian? Who’s Buddhist? Ninety-nine-point-nine percent of it is where you happen to be born. So how can one be right and another be wrong? It seems pretty clear to me that it’s a coping mechanism for people who cannot handle the not knowing of things. I am okay knowing I will never be able to comprehend the world.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “It’s so difficult to shock America these days.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I literally cannot remember one joke.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “If I’ve learned anything – anything – getting older, it’s the value of moment-to-moment enjoyment.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “You have to write a lot of scripts to get any scripts that are worth making.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “It’s funny, now there are so many bands that I can never remember any of their names. Maybe it’s because I’m old.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I’m making a movie about relationships, and I’m surrounded by guys scared of talking to girls.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “Parents don’t realize that when they teach you about the Holocaust too early, it ruins you for life.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “Amy: I still think that all the time. It’s not that I feel like what I’m doing is so amazing, but it’s pretty good compared to what other people are doing.”
Judd Apatow Quote: “I think people like Lena Dunham really opened up the door to what was possible, and they’ve inspired young women to go into filmmaking and writing and directing and acting in a way that maybe they didn’t before, because now there is a path and there are jobs.”
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