132. Judd Apatow Returns: Hold On To That Authenticity

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out podcast

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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This week the legendary Judd Apatow returns to Working It Out for his fourth and best appearance yet. Judd tells behind-the-scenes stories from Bridesmaids and Funny People, as well as the most helpful filmmaking advice he’s gotten from other greats along the way. Judd and Mike also break apart the story of Judd’s first ayahuasca trip—and what that experience might have to do with both his parents’ divorce and his first sexual experience. Plus, jokes about how Judd somehow gained weight on Ozempic. Please consider donating to: https://826national.org/

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0:00.0	Sometimes when I let people read scripts or see cuts, some of it is just, if they get excited, it just gives me the fuel to believe in myself to keep going.
0:12.0	Yeah. I just remember. to keep going. going.
0:13.0	Yeah.
0:14.0	I just remember James Brooks liking one line in this is 40.
0:19.0	He just picked it out and didn't make the final edit.
0:23.8	I thought about it every day the whole shoot and just his enthusiasm filled my tank with enough
0:30.9	confidence gas to take a lot of risks every day.
0:34.0	James Brooks told me once that Mike Nichols always said,
0:36.4	every script needs a friend.
0:38.0	Yes, every script needs a friend.
0:40.0	We're going to write that on the wall.
0:42.0	Yeah. That is the voice of the great Judd Apetow. This is Judd's fourth appearance on the
0:52.2	podcast.
0:53.0	One of our most popular guests of all time,
0:55.6	he is a legendary filmmaker and stand-up comedian
1:00.3	who literally called me the other day and said I'm working on some new material
1:04.5	Coming to town to do it at the cellar and I'll come on the podcast if you want so we talk about some of that new material today
1:13.0	He's one of our most popular guests ever,
1:15.3	and this is, I think, our best episode with him yet.
1:18.4	I want to thank everybody who came out to my show in Los Angeles
1:21.5	at the Netflix is a joke festival.
1:24.5	This week I am heading to Troy New York
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