277 Quotes by Judd Apatow

"My first writing jobs were writing Tom Arnold specials for HBO, so I love working there."

"What became clear very early is that people wanted the story, ... They didn't want a joke fest. All the notes were: You can cut the jokes."

"I've worked with him since he was 16 on Freaks and Geeks and always thought he could be a big comedy star."

"I think it's fun to have people see everything at once, and then I think certain shows are very well-suited to being on every week and being spread out over months."

"I've worked with him since he was 16 on 'Freaks and Geeks' and always thought he could be a big comedy star. The nice thing about 'Virgin' is that it shows the studios that if the premise is a strong one, you can take a chance on a new actor in the lead."

"I like when people are very passionate about what they want to write about. Even if it's silly, you can be very passionate about it."

"I'm always talking to people. It's not that complicated. I just find somebody and say, "Do you have any ideas." If they do, we just start thinking things around."

"The thing that is incredibly helpful is that we screen the movies and we ask the audience if they like it or not and we ask a lot of questions and do testing on the movies. For comedies, at least, it's very helpful. If they're not laughing and they don't say that they loved it, then I have screwed up."

"I feel like Superbad and Freaks And Geeks are somewhat timeless. That's always gratifying, when you feel like 30 years in the future, people will still get it, and it won't seem creaky. It won't come across like The Incredible Mr. Limpet."

"I've ... always thought he could be a big comedy star. The nice thing about 'Virgin' is that it shows the studios that if the premise is a strong one, you can take a chance on a new actor in the lead."