Key ideas from Judd Apatow

• "When people got divorced in the early 80s, people just fought... people weren't aware that you should keep it away from the kids" - Judd, describing how childhood trauma from his parents' protracted divorce fueled his comedy career
• "You get Rewarded for Your Worst Qualities" - Judd on how obsessive workaholism drives success but damages personal relationships and family life
• "It's the only profession that you have to learn how to do it in front of people... you only could learn by going down the mountain" - Judd explaining why comedy requires practicing in public with no private rehearsal
• "When you make a movie, the judgment is coming at different stages... sometimes you have a great movie, it doesn't make money. Sometimes you have a bad movie, it does make money" - Judd on the 10-year timeline needed to truly evaluate a film's success
• "In the old days, comedies would do really well on DVD... when people switched to streaming, nothing replaced the DVD money" - Judd explaining why studios stopped making mid-budget comedies, fundamentally changing the industry
• "If you have a good heart, you can say almost anything... people can sense if you're a good person and you're trying to figure something out" - Judd on why comedians like Jimmy Carr can perform edgy material successfully