College is the reward for surviving high school. Most people have great fun stories from college and nightmare stories from high school. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Any music star would be singing about his lost love. A movie would be about a relatable incident; it wasn't an untouchable… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Sometimes a story idea will come to me, and suddenly I've figured out the whole thing, and I feel like I'm collaborating… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
In my work, there is a lot of storytelling. The storytelling is not a new thing. Back in the [Howard] Thurston days,… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I test the movies a lot, and if the audience says they love the movie, we know we're on the right track.… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I like to make movies the way people made movies in the '70s, where they lived and died with these stories, and… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I've come to realize that people connect more when they know you're telling them the truth or some aspect of your story,… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
You can do weird things on TV - there are happy stories, sad stories, dark stories. But with a movie, it always… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Every time I'm in editing, there's always a moment where you think, "Maybe this should be six or seven minutes shorter, but… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
If you work on network TV, they want to pick your casts, dictate your story and how your show works. It just… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Some stories feel like they need more time or less time to tell. To not obsessively have to trim or add that… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I don't really get attached to anything. I'm pretty brutal about cutting stuff. With each successful movie, I've discovered anything that's not… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I think the story should always determine the visual approach. There are situations where you want things to feel alive and like… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I don't think because a story has humor in it means it's brief. For some reason, people think anything that's 30 minutes… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I was in the recording studio when Pink was recording for a part of the gay rights anthem. It was just amazing to watch… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Just trying to tell the truth about, you know, the struggle of - being alive is funny, it's just inherently tragic and also hilarious… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
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… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
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. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I like human comedies - or dramedies. More than anything, I'm interested in people just dealing with everyday things that are difficult, and there… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord Buckley and… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
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… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I've made movies on every part of the spectrum, and you do understand when you go into certain movies that you're trying to elicit… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Parents don't realize that when they teach you about the Holocaust too early, it ruins you for life. — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
People talk about universal intelligence ... I'm reticent to believe almost anything, just because my parents weren't religious at all, but that's when I… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
You can work on a movie for years, and you won't know until you show it to an audience for the first time if… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
![“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,"…” quote by Judd Apatow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b9d/judd-apatow-1471_egyptian_in-my-work-there-is-a-lot-of-storytellin_836339.jpg)
![“My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord Buckley and jazz and stuff. He was a hipster. My parents were kind of beatnik-y, you know, for Salt Lake City. But my humor, I think, came from wanting to disarm people before they hit me.” quote by Judd Apatow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b6a/judd-apatow-1471_beatnik_my-dad-was-a-big-fan-of-comedy-he-wanted_87831.jpg)
![“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.” quote by Judd Apatow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/80c/judd-apatow-1471_findings_it-s-so-funny-all-the-similarities-that_91660.jpg)
