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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.
Judd Apatow
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Judd Apatow
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: December 6
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I always thought that Seth [Rogen] was a fun, caustic, bombastic, sweet, underdog-type of person that I would root for the way you used to root for Bill Murray or John Candy in Stripes. Seth had something that very few people you encounter have: he had a writer's mind and he had his own comic point of view.
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I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets.
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Back then, you seemed like a crazy person when you were trying to push the boundaries of network TV. People looked at you, and they were offended by the fact that you didn't follow the generic rules of what was expected on network TV.
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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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You should look up some of the reviews. The New York Times review is so over-the-top funny. It's hysterical. You should dig it out.
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I have a four-and-a-half-year-old and, when she was two and a half, she would make my wife and I do voices, like Woody and Jessie the Cowgirl, or Elmo, or Yogi Bear and Booboo. If we didn't do it, she would scream at us. So, my wife and I would have adult conversations as Yogi Bear and Booboo. It was just a nightmare year.
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If you develop 10 things, and you can get two or three made, that's a very high ration.
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Eventually, the nerds and the geeks will have their day.
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I get literally a physical sensation of low self-esteem that is a result of not engaging the world and getting comfortable that way.
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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 wrote for Roseanne. I wrote her stand-up act with her. I wrote with Tom Arnold. There was a period when I was working with them pretty steadily. But I would take brief gigs here and there.
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I am always driven by the terror of humiliation.
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