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If you make a bad movie about stand-up, then comedians will mock you for the rest of your life.

Judd Apatow

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Judd Apatow
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: December 6
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Humor is his defense mechanism, so that would allow me to talk about some serious subjects, but get a lot of hilarious jokes in.
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Just trying to tell the truth about, you know, the struggle of - being alive is funny, it's just inherently tragic and also hilarious - in a fun way and in a sad way. That seems to connect with people.
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Some people make movies and think, Well, I'll just keep asking for more money if this isn't enough. And then there are other people, like Clint Eastwood, who always come in under budget.
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So many people are in comedy because of difficult mothers or broken homes.
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I definitely learned to embrace the quiet moments onstage from Garry Shandling - relaxing and not fighting with the crowd, not raising your voice, not ever trying to win them over.
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Most people are really fighting to not be adults. And, when it happens, it's a big transition. And a lot of that is just awful. It's awful to have to get a job and really be responsible for other people. And it is funny, too. Like, we're all kind of little idiot kids trying to act like we know what we are doing.
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Every time I perform in front of people, no matter how well it goes, the next day, I feel humiliated.
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The only way you survive on all these services is if you're groundbreaking. There's pressure to be groundbreaking, which is the greatest thing that's ever happened. It's a bizarre aspect of what's happened with all of these subscription services is everyone is trying to outdo each other by doing great things.
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You know, I'm a big comedy fan.
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I loved the idea that I could write a joke and someone else would have to take the risk of performing it.
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No matter how much you love someone, on a bad day, you could say something terrible. All of the little things that you are saving to say, that you're mad about but never express, sometimes come out, all at once. We all have these terrible moments. That's just part of being human.
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I didn't want to be a director for hire. It really just took me a long time to learn how to direct and to feel up to the job.
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It seems like magic is something kids start really young.
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I love the Lonely Island. I wish there was more Lonely Island movies.
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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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A lot of bands that are great disappear a little bit faster than they used to. They don't get as much support for the long haul. You have to be pretty tough to hang in there.
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It's funny, now there are so many bands that I can never remember any of their names. Maybe it's because I'm old.
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As a kid, I was obsessed with the Who. They were the most important band to me. Songs like I'm One helped me get through high school.
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I always felt as a kid that I was underappreciated, invisible or weird, but I've always secretly thought people would one day appreciate what is different about me. I'm always putting that message out there.
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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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