Judd Apatow Quotes

I'm friends with a lot of comedians, but we don't talk about material. Most comedians I know don't watch a lot of other comedy.

Comedians rarely have writers, and if you do it's usually a sign of laziness.

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

I didn't really get into comedy until a couple months before I started doing comedy.

Comedy is crowded. There are hundreds of comedians in every place in the world.

Comedy - and I say this with humility - comedy needs me.

I like to read, but otherwise I'm just your average, self-obsessed comedian. It's pretty much all I think about.

People who do comedy really are the nastiest people on the planet.

I really wanted to, but I just didn't understand how people became comedians. I kind of thought it was something you were born into. And so I wanted to be a veterinarian or an architect. I wanted to be in a band, and for some reason I could understand how you could be in a band because I had guitars and all my friends played music. Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.

A lot of amazing comedians that I've worked with just really follow their instincts and you can't really teach someone comedic timing. And you just kind of have it.

I've been trying to bust into the comedy business my whole life. It's hard in Hollywood to do different things. I know this. It's a struggle.

I like LA because it has a giant supply of great comedians.

I find I've always been judgmental about comedy (laughs) and it's hard to turn that off, really. But what constant exposure to live comedy does is it makes you give people a second chance.

The only thing I knew in the world as a little kid was comedy. And no other kids in my school cared about it at all. There was no one to talk about it with. You know, we're in a geek culture now where comedy is so giant. I'm one of the people that, you know, works on Funny or Die. And there is just a giant culture of comedy nerds. But back then, I was alone, and I had a little confidence about it because I felt like, this is my thing, this is the only thing that only I know about.

We live in a fun time with so many ways to express yourself, you would be crazy to be a comedian and not check them all out.

To succeed in comedy you ultimately have to put in the hours and get lucky - The amount of people who are able to break through is so small a fraction of the amount of people trying.

When you're a comic, it's like being born gay. It's what you want to do every night when your other friends are out at night going to parties.

I think comedy is on an organic upsurge right now because when I started, it was 1978 at The Comedy Store and Letterman had just stopped emceeing his morning show.

One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.

If you're into comedy, you will know what the show is about. We have so many comedy geeks, comedy enthusiasts, fanatical people who go to comedy festivals and follow comedians, and really treat it like rock 'n' roll - which it can be, but more like the geeky rock 'n' roll.

I'm a big comedy nerd, so I'm always looking for the chance to be funny.

I thought she was the funniest woman, and I believed being a comedian was the most exciting thing you could be.

Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians.

I often say that ... I'm just involved in comedy, so I can be around it.

I've not really been angling to be a comedian. I knew comics and I loved them and I loved being funny, but I didn't understand the whole concept of becoming one. My first couple of times on stage, I was like, "This is what I'm doing for sure." I was so excited.