Judd Apatow on Women, Collaboration and How Funny Works

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Judd Apatow is curious, unassuming and forthcoming in this conversation with Kelly about his mom, his daughters, the business that needs improving and the work he loves. Filmed for Kelly’s PBS show Tell Me More in Los Angeles in celebration of Judd’s new film, The Bubble. After talking to Judd, Kelly sat down with Columbia’s George Bonanno to talk about a key part of Judd’s history and how it relates to George’s work on resilience.

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0:00.0	I feel like, down deep, I have such low self-esteem.
0:03.0	I'm always fighting against a voice in my head that saying,
0:06.0	shut up, no one cares what you think about anything.
0:09.0	And the very act of getting on stage and talking
0:12.0	and telling stories and trying to be funny
0:14.0	is a weird act of approving of myself.
0:22.0	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
0:24.0	I'm Kelly Corrigan, and today I'm wondering about
0:27.0	self-esteem and resilience and laughter
0:30.0	and how those things might be intertwined.
0:32.0	My thought partner is writer and director and producer
0:36.0	of this sort of singular comedic talent,
0:39.0	Jed Apatow.
0:40.0	He is the force behind knocked up in 40-year-old Virgin.
0:44.0	He was an important producer on girls and bridesmaids.
0:48.0	I could not have enjoyed his company more
0:50.0	and found him incredibly open to every question I asked.
0:54.0	So join us.
0:57.0	Music
1:08.0	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
1:10.0	Laughter is a weird, wonderful, and important thing.
1:14.0	That awesome contraction in our diaphragm is also a buffer
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