A Quote by Greg Mottola

Believe me, there is a ton of stuff we shot on Superbad that was unusable, because people were just riffing and riffing. It's just part of the Judd Apatow method, and part of the technique is to also be able to rewrite the movie again in the editing room.

Greg Mottola

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Greg Mottola
American - Director
Born: July 11, 1964

If you get a chance to be part of a Judd Apatow film, you just say yes.

Jack McBrayer

In the comedies I've been lucky enough to be a part of a world like Judd Apatow's, where I believe comedy comes from real people.

Jonah Hill

To me, as a director and an actor, that's the main thing. "What's the heart of this story? What's the humanity of this story? And if the movie doesn't have it, then why am I watching it?" Even if it's a silly comedy, like Superbad or Knocked Up - Judd Apatow, I love, because he's all about heart. The humor comes out of the humanity.

Tim Matheson

I think when I feel I'm at my best is when I'm on stage, and it's my version of jazz because it's just riffing or something.

Billy Crystal

On American TV, there just aren't a lot of female leads in comedy, especially at the peak of all the Judd Apatow stuff.

Alia Shawkat

Movies get found in the editing room. The movie that you make is not always necessarily the movie that comes out of the editing room. The trick is to perfect the movie that you have and make it the best version of what you've shot, regardless of what the intent may have been.

Joe Dante

We were really fortunate to work [on Pineapple Express] with a studio that was really supportive of these guys. It was before Superbad and Knocked Up had even come out, but everyone just felt really great about them and the energy surrounding Seth [Rogen] and Evan [Goldberg] and Judd [Apatow] - all of these guys - and the idea of getting Franco back into comedy as well.

Seth Rogen

The '80s was an interesting, confining time for songwriters, so we were just sort of riffing in our own language, off to the side.

Nancy Wilson

The Irish crowd and the humour, they really get it. Them riffing with 'The Room' makes the film watchable for me.

Greg Sestero

Riffing on language will create wonderful effects you never intended. Which leads me to this writing advice: 'Always take credit for good stuff you didn't intend, because you'll be getting plenty of criticism in your career for bad stuff you didn't mean either.'

Roy Peter Clark

I would love to branch out a little bit and... do a Judd Apatow type of movie. It just looks like it's so much fun.

Serinda Swan

I know for myself, every now and again on HBO, they'll show some of the young comedian specials from the '80s and early '90s, and it's just fascinating to watch those comedians - some of whom are people that are world-famous, like Chris Rock or Judd Apatow - to see the jokes that people had, but also, the way everything looked.

Wyatt Cenac

The idea of just improvising and riffing can sometimes be at the expense of story.

Jim Rash

I don't want to discount the nWo stuff because that was huge, and I'm so grateful to be a part of it. And I'm grateful that Eric Bischoff gave me that opportunity. And I had a ton of fun there. But it was nothing compared to the fun and creative satisfaction and just to be part of something amazing that I got from that whole DX experience.

Sean Waltman

The original idea [ of the Pineapple Express] came from Judd [Apatow] actually. He just kind of had the loose notion of like, 'What about a weed action movie?'.

Seth Rogen

I've seen all the Judd Apatow movies, and I'd love to have a really funny little part in one of them some day.