Judd Apatow
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What am I gonna do?
So it made me more obsessed with the one interest I had, comedy, and trying to figure out, well, how do you get a job?
How do you get in?
So I had way too much energy as a really little kid to figure out both the creative side and the business side.
How does an open mic night work?
How do you get hired to write a screenplay?
How do you become a director or an actor?
But that was safety.
Because I thought, I don't know if I can trust...
the people around me to take care of me.
And so I'm going to have to take care of myself.
And that was probably a big exaggeration, but as a little kid, it felt very visceral.
Well, you get rewarded for your worst qualities.
So if you're obsessive or you're a workaholic, it does work for you.
But it doesn't work for your life.
And it doesn't work for your family.
And so then it becomes like, well, how emotional am I getting about the work?
Can I calm that down?