Judd Apatow Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• I just try to be true to myself and write about things I'm passionate about. I think what most people don't like about movies is they can tell that most movies are a product, and they don't mean that much to the people who make them.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Mean, Thinking

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. July 30, 2009.

• Right when I started getting solid was when I was offered a lot of writing work. And when The Ben Stiller Show was picked up, I realized there was no way for me to do stand-up three or four nights a week and run this television show with Ben. So that was the moment when I had to make a choice.

  Judd Apatow

  Running, Writing, Night

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2011.

• My first writing jobs were writing Tom Arnold specials for HBO, so I love working there.

  Judd Apatow

  Jobs, Writing, Hbo

  "Judd Apatow: ‘Love’ was made for the Netflix binge, and ‘Girls’ should be weekly". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. February 17, 2016.

• I think, there were probably problems with show business where producers and directors would try to get the writing credit also. So they created a rule where the bar, to get your name added to the writing credits, if you've done a revision, is very high if you're also the producer or director.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Thinking, Names

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2011.

• 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.

  Judd Apatow

  Jobs, Writing, Thinking

  "Judd Apatow: ‘Love’ was made for the Netflix binge, and ‘Girls’ should be weekly". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. February 17, 2016.

• I always thought it was important to overdeliver, and when I got one of my first jobs, writing jokes for Garry Shandling when he was hosting the Grammys, I stayed up all night and wrote a hundred jokes, and I thought, "I'm always going to be the person that gives them more than they requested, and that's why they'll want to keep me around."

  Judd Apatow

  Jobs, Writing, Night

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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

  Believe, Writing, Years

• You have to write a lot of scripts to get any scripts that are worth making.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Scripts

  "Judd Apatow Talks ‘Popstar’, Letting The Lonely Island Do Their Thing, and More". Interview with Haleigh Foutch, collider.com. June 4, 2016.

• Every joke is an experiment. When you sit, alone, and write a script, or just a joke, you really have no idea if it will succeed.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Ideas, Scripts

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I put on a big show when I write something I think is funny.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Thinking, Bigs

• 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

  Silly, Writing, People

  "Judd Apatow Talks ‘Popstar’, Letting The Lonely Island Do Their Thing, and More". Interview with Haleigh Foutch, collider.com. June 4, 2016.

• In the writing, I'm just trying to go deeper, emotionally, and learn more about myself and reveal more and find a way to connect with people in new ways.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, People, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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

  Song, Writing, People

  Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. December 11, 2012.

• [My] dream writers room: "'Taxi.' I need to write for someone named Judd."

  Judd Apatow

  Dream, Writing, Needs

  Source: variety.com

• 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

• I start casting early in the writing process, so I can tailor the script to the gifts of the actors.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Actors, Tailors

  "MovieWeb Gets Personal With The 40 Year Old Virgin Director Judd Apatow". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. December 13, 2005.

• I loved the idea that I could write a joke and someone else would have to take the risk of performing it.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Ideas, Risk

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2011.

• I'm getting older, so how people face grave circumstances is of interest to me. And you meet a lot of people who are very courageous, and it doesn't reek of something funny to write about, but I always think that the higher the stakes, the bigger the laughs can be, and the more emotional the scenes can be.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, Emotional, Thinking

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. July 30, 2009.

• I wrote on the Grammys, and a few times for Garry Shandling when he was hosting. I couldn't have enjoyed those gigs more, because I would get to collaborate and try to make people I looked up to laugh, but for the most part, when you're as talented as they are, what they really want is someone who can type fast and whose presence makes them feel in the mood to write and spew and be creative, and I was a good person to have in the room.

  Judd Apatow

  Writing, People, Laughing

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 1, 2011.

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