Chet Waterhouse
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And Ivan was like, that's a horrible fucking idea, and no one will ever go for it.
No one is going to believe there's a 33-year-old guy who's a virgin.
It's a stupid fucking idea.
Now you tell me he's a 40-year-old virgin, and we got something.
Yeah.
Deborah Winger's greatest work.
Yeah.
So he just yelled at us for that idea.
But everyone turned that down, by the way.
I'm I pitch that everywhere.
And only one place thought it was a good idea.
I went to Sony, I remember, and I was pitching it.
I'm like, I'm telling you, Carell's the guy.
This is the idea.
And they're like, Judd, just keep your eye on the ball with your other stuff.
Yeah.
You know, my new move, because every time I talk to an author, they go, oh, before I was a New York Times bestseller, I was turned down by 15 publishing houses.
My thing is, is whether it's Judd and his movie or the young author, how many times you've been turned down?
Twice.