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Judd Apatow Inspirational Quotes (134)

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When the entire country was watching one show there was a major discussion happening is it possible for that to happen in a 1 million channel universe?
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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.
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I feel like Superbad and Freaks And Geeks are somewhat timeless. That's always gratifying, when you feel like 30 years in the future, people will still get it, and it won't seem creaky. It won't come across like The Incredible Mr. Limpet.
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It was always the most fun thing in the world to think of a joke area and talk about it with someone like Jim Carrey, and then he would get on stage fearlessly and tear the house down. That's something I always enjoyed. It also allowed me to not be terrified.
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I think that everything I do tends to root for the underdog.
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There are only so many hilarious actors so when they cross-pollinate, people assume it's always the same actors and directors.
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So many people are in comedy because of difficult mothers or broken homes.
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The first comedians I became fascinated with were the Marx brothers. I couldn't get enough of them. Later in life, I thought, Well, maybe it's because they were so rebellious and they were just flipping the bird to society and all the rules we're supposed to follow. They were saying that none of it is fair.
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I remember the Time review [on the Hit and Run]said that there wasn't one laugh in it. And I had watched the movie 50 times with audiences, and it always played great. There was certainly a moment where you could tell the audience was like, Wow, this is really getting weird.
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I'm always surprised when you do something very different that people don't get behind you more, because you're always told, Take chances! Stretch! And when you do it, sometimes people get really supportive and excited, but sometimes people go at you because you've tossed out the formula.
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I feel the responsibility to make things which on some level have something positive to say.
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I'm making a movie about relationships, and I'm surrounded by guys scared of talking to girls.
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I am always driven by the terror of humiliation.
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I used to tour a little bit with Jim Carrey and help him out on his first Showtime special.
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I remember the review from Michael Wilmington in Chicago, and Gene Siskel wrote really smart reviews where I thought, Oh, they totally get what we're attempting to do.
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My way of dealing with the world has always been to make fun of it and observe it but not take part in it.That's how I became a writer. But when you have kids, suddenly you have to be part of things. It leads almost to a breakdown because your whole defense mechanism is now really destructive.
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Sometimes, something seems dead, and then out of the blue, someone just figures out the way to fix a script and it goes.
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When you're making your 20th movie, it might be the 20th most incredible thing that's ever happened to you!
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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.
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I love the Lonely Island. I wish there was more Lonely Island movies.
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You can do weird things on TV - there are happy stories, sad stories, dark stories. But with a movie, it always has to end satisfying. Unless you're the Coen brothers, and it ends with somebody getting shot in the head.
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I'm just trying to be truthful and collaborate with people who have interesting things to say.
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I was in the recording studio when Pink was recording for a part of the gay rights anthem. It was just amazing to watch her perform. She's just such an incredible singer. She so funny, and so smart, yet she's doing it for this silly, silly song.
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For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I'm trying to communicate I'm not done.
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