Judd Apatow is a hero of mine. When I was a kid, I felt like no one was making movies or TV shows that hit my sense of humor, and then out of nowhere, it felt like there were tons.I spent hours videotaping Freaks and Geeks, and I remember turning 17 and then rushing to see The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which was so taboo for a Catholic School kid like me.Recently, Apatow sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to talk about his career and whether or not movies like that can be made today.Let's look at some of his best quotes. - YouTubewww.youtube.comIt's hard to believe it's been 20 years since the movie came out. I viscerally remember purchasing my tickets and feeling like I was getting away with something as I laughed until I cried in theaters.But we almost had this movie ripped away early on.Apatow told the story: "They told us in the middle of the third day of shooting to shut down. They had a bunch of notes, one of which was, Paul Rudd was too heavy. But I had asked Paul to be heavy — I just thought that was funny. And they thought that Steve looked like a serial killer, which he did. He had these glasses, and he was wearing a Jeffrey Dahmer-type Members Only jacket. There was some concerns that I was shooting it to look too much like an indie — maybe the lighting was not comedy-bright."He continued, "So we all chatted and...
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