Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy
Judd Apatow
Top 10 Best Quotes
“If I’ve learned anything—anything—getting older, it’s the value of moment-to-moment enjoyment.”
“Life is ridiculous, so why not be a good guy?” That may be the only religion I have to this day.”
“you have to have a dream before you can execute it. That the people who succeed are the ones who think through what the next stages of their careers might be, and then work incredibly hard, day after day, to attain their goals. They don’t just flop around like fish. They have a vision, and they work their asses off to make it a reality.”
“They say certain people aren’t good soldiers because if they’re in a foxhole all night—you know, if you’re creative and smart, you’re thinking about all the different ways someone is going to blow your head off. But if you’re not that smart, you’re just like chilling out. And I feel like that in life. I’m just in the foxhole all fucking day thinking about everything that’s going to go wrong in every possible way.”
“There’s very little work where the work and the reward are simultaneous, and comedy is that.”
“Mel, if you’re going to go up to the bell, ring it.”
“Judd: I like to be here until people really want to leave. But that’s kind of how I am as a person. That’s why my movies are too long. That’s why I eat too much.”
“Jerry: If you always want less, in words as well as things, you’ll do well as a writer.”
“That’s the greatest thing about comedy. If you’ve got talent, it’s unmistakable. No one misses it and you don’t have to wait around for a break. It’s very easy to get a break. It’s very hard to be good enough.”
“Sometimes I actually have a phobia of feeling good.”
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Book Keywords:
creativity, anxiety, intelligence
