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December 28, 2009

Advice Is Tricky When It Comes to Comedy

December 28, 2009/ JW

Advice is tricky when it comes to comedy, because people are either funny or they are not. If someone is funny, there are many ways to get better. Most everything I know, I learned from Gary Shandling. Whenever we got stuck, he always said, “What is the truth here? What would someone actually do?” He pushed his writers to go deeper to the core.

JUDD APATOW

December 28, 2009/ JW/ Comment

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