Television Quotes by Judd Apatow

12 Television quotes by Judd Apatow

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If you’ve ever laughed at a sitcom’s timing, you’ll recognize Apatow’s sharp humor. This short set gathers twelve of his most memorable TV observations, giving a quick glimpse into his comedic lens.

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I feel like it's a golden age for television.

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If you work on network TV, they want to pick your casts, dictate your story and how your show works. It just…

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I think it's fun to have people see everything at once, and then I think certain shows are very well-suited to being…

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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…

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For a long time, TV was just the land of handsome, beautiful people, and now it's the opposite.

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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…

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The only thing worse than a crappy TV show which Paddy Chayevsky couldn't have conceived in his worst nightmare is two megacorps…

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Television is much more difficult because at every moment, the network can force you to change things based on their belief about…

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I used to watch 10 hours of television a night, my entire childhood. And I don't think it did all good things…

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Right when I started getting solid was when I was offered a lot of writing work. And when The Ben Stiller Show…

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At network television you could make a show like Freaks and Geeks, and even though 7 million people watch is every week,…

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Something economically changed. It used to be that you needed 20 million people to watch a TV show for it to be…

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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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I like human comedies - or dramedies. More than anything, I'm interested in people just dealing with everyday things that are difficult, and there…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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I love the Lonely Island. I wish there was more Lonely Island movies.

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Parents don't realize that when they teach you about the Holocaust too early, it ruins you for life.

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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…

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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…

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