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All of my jokes were about not being able to meet anybody. I didn't have any insight into anything - even my own insecurities.

Judd Apatow

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Judd Apatow
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: December 6
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I feel like everybody's waiting for a job y'know, you can make a movie on your phone. And so there really is no reason to worry about how to get in with people- and you can do that, there's a lot to learn working for people -but you can just make a movie, where in the old days that was completely impossible.
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