Judd Apatow Quotes

My father helped me become a ballplayer and take the good with the bad.

We all know the personal relationship between Michel Platini and President Blatter. It was like a mentor and protege, or even father and son.

Gleason became like a mentor of mine. I had Gleason helping me on television, Godfrey on radio.

When I was on TV in the '80s, I wasn't thinking, 'There's a 10-year-old kid watching this and in 15 years, he's gonna be doing stuff that was influenced by me.' I was trying to get my five minutes together. So now that those people are comedians and they're influenced by me - it's bizarre.

I hope I can be as good of a father to my son as my dad was to me.

I taught Drake everything he knows.

I learned a lot from my father.

I was looked upon as this privileged actress who was like Yash Chopra's family. He was my second family. Whatever I have achieved is because of him.

I wouldn't be where I am without my dad. He's a genius.

Coach Spurrier, without question, has been the biggest influence to me, next to my father.

People like Bill Burr and Jim Gaffigan and Zach Galifianakis and Sarah Silverman - they were all amazing and helpful to me.

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

I became a writer not because my father was one - my father made false teeth for a living. I became a writer because the Irish nuns who educated me taught me something about bravery with their willingness to give so much to me.

Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach – he was my mentor, my teacher, my second father. Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it. In teaching me the game of basketball, he taught me about life. My heart goes out to Linnea and their kids. We've lost a great man who had an incredible impact on his players, his staff and the entire UNC family.

One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age. It's funny, I get an image of the thing with eggs and chickens where, when the egg is getting ready to hatch, the little chicken will start to peck at the shell a little bit, and the mom will hear that and start to peck at the shell from the outside, and they're both kind of working together.

One of the things I've always said is that if you're given the ability to coach kids, then you're really given the ability to be a father or parent of some sort.

People have to look to the right places for guidance. Looking at a certain type of entertainment shouldn't be where you go for guidance. To zone out, have a laugh, sure - but it's not a great example on how to navigate on a journey. There are other places to look.

I came to feel as protective of Elijah as Sam does of Frodo .. In turn, Elijah helped me discover a lot about myself and I literally might not have survived the journey had this young prince of an actor not taken me under his wing.

Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.

People do look to others for some leadership, and it's not bad for them to supply it when they feel that way.

Oprah played a big role in my understanding of what it meant to be female and to really step into your own power. I wouldn't even call her a role model; she was literally a reference point. You have the dictionary, you have the Bible, you have Oprah.

A true leader is not the one with the most followers, but one who creates the most leaders.

I have a lot of heroes. I don't think people give enough of a tribute to their mentors. They try to act like they're spontaneous generations - they are faking liars.

I wasn't trying to be a role model for anybody. I don't think that you can.

When you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.