We have the best time whenever we work together, especially in our Jergens commerical. We’re always joking around and laughing. It’s a really special experience. Judd Apatow More Quotes by Judd Apatow More Quotes From Judd Apatow It's a fun idea, to follow a couple very slowly and show every nook and cranny of their relationship. Judd Apatow couplefunideas Some people are probably saner. They're good performers, and they go about their day. I just get obsessive about it. Judd Apatow obsessiveperformerspeople With comedy, a lot of people develop their sense of humor as a defense mechanism. Judd Apatow comedydefensepeople It seems like magic is something kids start really young. Judd Apatow magicyoungkids For a long time, TV was just the land of handsome, beautiful people, and now it's the opposite. Judd Apatow landoppositesbeautiful If you work on network TV, they want to pick your casts, dictate your story and how your show works. It just becomes creativity by committee, which is never good. Judd Apatow creativitystorieswant I've come to realize that people connect more when they know you're telling them the truth or some aspect of your story, some mutated version of how you are experiencing this life. Judd Apatow realizingstoriespeople The little details really connect for people in ways I never realized before.I think that's why some of the movies have done well, because people are relating to things that I'm willing to expose. Judd Apatow detailspeoplethinking That's very important to me as well: presentation and how people perceive you, the visual of how things look, your posture. I learned that from [Bob] Fosse and Jerome Robbins, from all the great theater directors and the Busby Berkeleys. You overdeliver: visually, emotionally. Judd Apatow bobimportantpeople I don't think there's really observational magic. Judd Apatow magicthinking In my work, there is a lot of storytelling. The storytelling is not a new thing. Back in the [Howard] Thurston days, the [Harry] Houdini days, the [Harry] Blackstone days, it was stories, but the stories were, "We're going to the Egyptian temples, and we're going to vanish the Prince of Thebes," and, "On my last trip to the Orient ..." Judd Apatow one-daylastsstories So many people are in comedy because of difficult mothers or broken homes. Judd Apatow motherhomepeople If you're an athlete, you might work your entire life, and you win the Super Bowl once, if you're lucky. And I feel like in the arts and entertainment we win the Super Bowl all the time. Judd Apatow athletewinningart I always feel like I'm very far from my potential. Judd Apatow feels Nobody's going to like my next movie because they liked Trainwreck [2015]. It has to work on its own, and that keeps it really scary. Judd Apatow trainwrecksnextscary 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 writingjobsnight It's so funny, all the similarities that we have [with David Copperfield] of being obsessed young people and finding a way to be around the people doing what we want to do. Judd Apatow wantpeopleway I was a guest on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee with Jerry Seinfeld, and I interviewed him when I was 15 years old-those moments really blow your mind. Judd Apatow coffeeblowyears Literally, my last call was with David Blaine, congratulating him on his show. I have a camaraderie with David. Judd Apatow camaraderielastsshows Any music star would be singing about his lost love. A movie would be about a relatable incident; it wasn't an untouchable magic dragon box. It was something that people could relate to, and when I vanished a girl, it would be a story about a girl that left me, or a cutting into pieces would be a date with a magician. I wouldn't just vanish a girl in a shower, I would do the shower scene from Psycho [1960] with a [Alfred] Hitchcock cameo. Judd Apatow lost-lovegirlstars
