Quotes from Judd Apatow

I have to make good things so good comedians want to talk to me.

I have to go back to vinyl every once in awhile, even if my kids don't want to hear it. I'm much more likely to be listening to Wilco or the Avett Brothers.

There's no logic in how Donald Trump thinks. I don't want someone who's the president who says 3 to 5 million people voted illegally when there's zero proof. It's a crazy person.

I'm the guy who gets uncomfortable. That's why I was able to write 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up.' I believe in those guys.

I think that everything I do tends to root for the underdog.

I still feel like a nerd.

Eventually, the nerds and the geeks will have their day.

If you look at who drives the box office numbers at these films, it's men.

People like everything to work out, and anytime you don't make everything work out perfectly, you really are fighting against what most people are going to the movies for, especially in the summer.

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.

There are people that entertainment is something they do at the end of a long hard day at work, and they want to be entertained and have it over quickly. They're like, "Entertain me fast!"

The thing that ruined your life makes you good at your work. And then you get rewarded at work, so you don't bother to fix it in your life.

I don't want to be ordinary. I'm willing to do the work. I'm willing to suffer the indignities of comedy because I want to be great. I don't want to just be good. I want to be great.

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.

I love when people work together who know each other very well. Some of my favourite movies are people who are close friends or families.

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.

The moment you think of a joke is the best moment.

I am always driven by the terror of humiliation.

In terms of the emotional underpinning, if you've been in relationships, you understand what's happening.

I very rarely made any move to direct anything. I didn't have any faith in myself.

The great thing about Eminem is, he's just hysterical. You forget, people like Eminem because he is riotously funny. And he's a great actor.

One of my fears is that I'm suddenly not going to be funny, but still think I am. That's like my nightmare that I can wake up in a cold sweat from.

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.

It's funny when people debate about music, because they get so passionate about what they enjoy.