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Judd Apatow Quotes
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![The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it’s Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were all about two hours, or a little bit over two hours. With that extra 15 or 20 minutes, you can get to real character and you’re not just stuck in plot Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/802/801264/801264.webp "The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it’s Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were all about two hours, or a little bit over two hours. With that extra 15 or 20 minutes, you can get to real character and you’re not just stuck in plot Picture Quote #1")
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![My grandfather was Bob Shad, one of those legendary jazz and blues producers - he worked with Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington, and he produced Janis Joplin’s album [1967’s Big Brother and the Holding Company]. He always owned small labels as well - he had a label called Mainstream Records in the 70s Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/802/801260/801260.webp "My grandfather was Bob Shad, one of those legendary jazz and blues producers - he worked with Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington, and he produced Janis Joplin’s album [1967’s Big Brother and the Holding Company]. He always owned small labels as well - he had a label called Mainstream Records in the 70s Picture Quote #1")
![My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord Buckley and jazz and stuff. He was a hipster. My parents were kind of beatnik-y, you know, for Salt Lake City. But my humor, I think, came from wanting to disarm people before they hit me Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/802/801256/801256.webp "My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord Buckley and jazz and stuff. He was a hipster. My parents were kind of beatnik-y, you know, for Salt Lake City. But my humor, I think, came from wanting to disarm people before they hit me Picture Quote #1")
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I don’t know if you can be a born - again virgin (Judd Apatow Quotes)
I don’t know if you can be a born-again virgin (Judd Apatow Quotes)
You know, I’m a big comedy fan (Judd Apatow Quotes)
It’s so difficult to shock America these days (Judd Apatow Quotes)
I am always driven by the terror of humiliation (Judd Apatow Quotes)
I’m just trying to be truthful and collaborate with people who have interesting things to say (Judd Apatow Quotes)
For a long time, TV was just the land of handsome, beautiful people, and now it’s the opposite (Judd Apatow Quotes)
I used to watch 10 hours of television a night, my entire childhood. And I don’t think it did all good things to me. I certainly still have social problems that are a result of being in my room alone too much. (Judd Apatow Quotes)
A lot of the turning points happen in high school and in college, and it defines a lot of how you see the world and how you decide to defend yourself from the world. Some people - their defense mechanism is, I’m really smart or I’m sexy or I’m the leader. And other people - they hide or they make jokes (Judd Apatow Quotes)
The ones [comedies] that I always liked, whether it’s Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, or Fast Times of Ridgemont High, they were all about two hours, or a little bit over two hours. With that extra 15 or 20 minutes, you can get to real character and you’re not just stuck in plot (Judd Apatow Quotes)
I’ve always appreciated people like Graham Parker or Loudon Wainwright III, who spend their entire lives writing songs and working their asses off just to have complete artistic freedom. They’re just sharing their lives with you through their music. That’s the same kind of work that I’m trying to do, in my own weird way (Judd Apatow Quotes)
Back in the old days, everyone was shocked if a band had a sponsor for their tour. Now, Bob Dylan can do a commercial for Victoria’s Secret and people don’t really blink; the Beatles’ songs are in all sorts of commercials these days and it doesn’t seem to offend anybody. The times are changing (Judd Apatow Quotes)
My grandfather was Bob Shad, one of those legendary jazz and blues producers - he worked with Charlie Parker and Dinah Washington, and he produced Janis Joplin’s album [1967’s Big Brother and the Holding Company]. He always owned small labels as well - he had a label called Mainstream Records in the 70s (Judd Apatow Quotes)
I get the most starstruck around musicians. I get tongue-tied and don’t know what to say. I’m so jealous of them. When you make a movie, you’re constructing something - it’s a little bit like making an album. But after musicians make an album, they get to perform it live and experience it in front of a crowd (Judd Apatow Quotes)
I love Coldplay. I love Steely Dan - Steely Dan’s probably one of my top three bands of all time (Judd Apatow Quotes)
My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord Buckley and jazz and stuff. He was a hipster. My parents were kind of beatnik-y, you know, for Salt Lake City. But my humor, I think, came from wanting to disarm people before they hit me (Judd Apatow Quotes)
If you watch the arcs of so many comedians, at some point, they just become themselves (Judd Apatow Quotes)
In terms of the emotional underpinning, if you’ve been in relationships, you understand what’s happening (Judd Apatow Quotes)
Up until ‘Bridesmaids,’ the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer (Judd Apatow Quotes)
There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it’s always the same actors and directors (Judd Apatow Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 Quotes)
I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets (Judd Apatow Quotes)
I love magazines and film critics, so I eat it up. I’m not one of those people who says ‘I never read anything.’ I generally read all of it (Judd Apatow Quotes)
Well, every movie is an experiment. And the only way you can grow at what you’re doing is to take chances. You can’t try to stick with what worked last time. (Judd Apatow Quotes)
The great thing about Eminem is, he’s just hysterical. You forget, people like Eminem because he is riotously funny. And he’s a great actor. (Judd Apatow Quotes)
The thing that ruined your life makes you good at your work. And then you get rewarded at work, so you don’t bother to fix it in your life. (Judd Apatow Quotes)
Don’t be a jerk. Try to love everyone. Give more than you take. And do it despite the fact that you only really like about seven out of 500 people. (Judd Apatow Quotes)
I’m making a movie about relationships, and I’m surrounded by guys scared of talking to girls. (Judd Apatow Quotes)
I get literally a physical sensation of low self-esteem that is a result of not engaging the world and getting comfortable that way. (Judd Apatow Quotes)