Latest Judd Apatow Quotes from Interviews

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• I was bad at sports and picked last every day. I couldn't quite figure out what my role was in the social order, so I decided I was interested in comedy. And what was then interesting was, nobody else was interested in it at all. I didn't find one friend who was interested in comedy until I moved to California and met other comedians. And suddenly I knew hundreds of people who knew as much about SCTV as I did. But it took me 20 years to find those people.

  Judd Apatow

  Sports, People, Interesting

  Source: film.avclub.com

• I loved working in stand-up, and I always dreamed that I could make a movie about it. I didn't know if I would have the courage to, because if you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life. They're still mad about movies made 25 years ago. But it was always a dream of mine, and I was glad I finally came up with an idea that allowed me to explore it in such a way that it's not all about stand-up, but stand-up creates a great backdrop for another type of story.

  Judd Apatow

  Dream, Mad, Comedian

  Source: film.avclub.com

• Humor is his defense mechanism, so that would allow me to talk about some serious subjects, but get a lot of hilarious jokes in.

  Judd Apatow

  Serious, Jokes

  Source: film.avclub.com

• The only thing I knew in the world as a little kid was comedy. And no other kids in my school cared about it at all. There was no one to talk about it with. You know, we're in a geek culture now where comedy is so giant. I'm one of the people that, you know, works on Funny or Die. And there is just a giant culture of comedy nerds. But back then, I was alone, and I had a little confidence about it because I felt like, this is my thing, this is the only thing that only I know about.

  Judd Apatow

  School, Kids, People

  Source: www.wbur.org

• Even now if I see someone working out, in great shape, like a 40-year-old guy with his shirt off jogging I always think, "Look at that idiot." That's why everyone in my movie is kind of goofy because I'm a champion of the goofball. What sucks is I have to work out now not to die. I was always happy not working out because I never wanted to be someone who worked out to look good, but now I have to try to not die, which is such a drag.

  Judd Apatow

  Thinking, Work Out, Guy

  Source: www.wbur.org

• It's a pretty humiliating thing when you get picked last every day in gym class and then at lunchtime all the kids play sports and you get picked last. At the time I just thought, "This is awful," because it defines you as a weak person. It defines you with girls and if you're bad at sports, you get into this funny cycle where the ball never gets to you because now you're in the worst position, you're in deep right field, so you can never prove that you got better, so the cycle lasts forever.

  Judd Apatow

  Girl, Sports, Kids

  Source: www.wbur.org

• I don't think it matters what the frequency is of me writing or directing a movie. It doesn't really matter to anybody else. I'm just trying to put good things out there.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Thinking, Trying

  Source: www.etonline.com

• When you're making your 20th movie, it might be the 20th most incredible thing that's ever happened to you!

  Judd Apatow

  Incredibles

  Source: www.etonline.com

• I think the world is changing and all that matters is that I'm creating things.

  Judd Apatow

  Thinking, World

  Source: www.etonline.com

• I like working with people on their first movies. I think that you never get that level of effort again. And I think that most people only have a couple of amazing stories from their lives, so you're getting the best of them.

  Judd Apatow

  Couple, Thinking, People

  Source: www.etonline.com

• And I like the passion that people have when they're trying to prove they can make a movie or be a movie star.

  Judd Apatow

  Passion, People, Trying

  Source: www.etonline.com

• The audience doesn't care that most of happened. They just want a good movie.

  Judd Apatow

  Good Movie, Care, Audience

  Source: www.etonline.com

• I like human comedies - or dramedies. More than anything, I'm interested in people just dealing with everyday things that are difficult, and there is more than enough comedy and drama in that.

  Judd Apatow

  Drama, People, Everyday

  Source: www.etonline.com

• I think my instinct creatively is to make things that are very funny and happy and silly. And in this moment where the world is very scary, I feel like my role is to make people laugh really hard.

  Judd Apatow

  Silly, Thinking, People

  "Judd Apatow On His Characters: 'If Everyone Is Mature, There Is No Comedy'". "All Things Considered" with Kelly McEvers, www.npr.org. February 17, 2017.

• It would be so irresponsible not to speak up. I don't know what I would do in my home and in my life if I didn't rant a little bit and as thoughtfully as I can with some humor.

  Judd Apatow

  Home, Would Be, Littles

  Source: www.npr.org

• As a Jewish man who has no interest in Judaism whatsoever, there's something in me that says when bad things have happened in the past, people were supposed to get more active and speak up and prevent them. That's what's important to me is that everybody - and I don't care what side you're on. You can disagree with me, but everyone better get active. Everybody better vote and be thoughtful.

  Judd Apatow

  Men, Thoughtful, Past

  "Judd Apatow On His Characters: 'If Everyone Is Mature, There Is No Comedy'". Interview with Kelly Mcevers, wkms.org. February 17, 2017.

• There's no logic in how Donald Trump thinks. I don't want someone who's the president who says 3 to 5 million people voted illegally when there's zero proof. It's a crazy person.

  Judd Apatow

  Zero, Crazy, Thinking

  Source: www.npr.org

• Donald Trump runs the country like he ran "The Apprentice." The premise of "The Apprentice" is a crazy rich guy has his daughter and his son oversee celebrities doing tasks. And then they come back to him, and they tell him how they did. So in every episode he's like, how did - how'd Meatloaf do, Ivanka? And then she says, Meatloaf really did a great presentation. And then he makes some impulsive decision about who to fire based on not being there, not really even understanding anything.

  Judd Apatow

  Running, Country, Daughter

  Source: www.npr.org

• If everyone is mature, there is no comedy.

  Judd Apatow

  Comedy, Mature, Ifs

  "Judd Apatow On His Characters: 'If Everyone Is Mature, There Is No Comedy'". Interview with Kelly Mcevers, wuwm.com. February 17, 2017.

• If a woman says, I love myself; I love my body; I'm comfortable with my life, comfortable with my mistakes, and I deserve a seat at every table and everything should be completely equal, there are guys who lose their minds.

  Judd Apatow

  Mistake, Guy, Mind

  "Judd Apatow On His Characters: 'If Everyone Is Mature, There Is No Comedy'". Interview with Kelly Mcevers, wfae.org. February 17, 2017.

• I was listening to Tommy Chong talking about how he feels like there is like a creative flow happening and how certain people just know how to hook into the pipe. He played music with Jimi Hendrix and felt that he was personally connected to some higher intelligence or creativity.

  Judd Apatow

  Creativity, Talking, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• People talk about universal intelligence ... I'm reticent to believe almost anything, just because my parents weren't religious at all, but that's when I feel it. People talk about being in the "flow."

  Judd Apatow

  Religious, Believe, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Sometimes a story idea will come to me, and suddenly I've figured out the whole thing, and I feel like I'm collaborating with something other than myself.

  Judd Apatow

  Ideas, Stories, Sometimes

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• So many people are in comedy because of difficult mothers or broken homes.

  Judd Apatow

  Mother, Home, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• If you're an athlete, you might work your entire life, and you win the Super Bowl once, if you're lucky. And I feel like in the arts and entertainment we win the Super Bowl all the time.

  Judd Apatow

  Art, Athlete, Winning

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com