Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy (58 page)

For Leslie, Maude, and Iris.

And for Mom and Dad. Your support—and the mental health issues you gave me—made all of this possible.

I’d like to thank Andy Ward, Michael Lewen, Dave Eggers, Andrew Wylie, Kaela Myers, and Amy Reed for their invaluable work putting this collection together.

I’d also like to thank my representatives: Jimmy Miller (since Comic Relief ’87), David Kramer, Matt Labov, Bryan Wolf, and Sam Fischer.

Thank you to these special people who believed in me early in my career, before there was any reason to: Jack DeMasi, Josh Rosenthal, East Side and East End comedy clubs, Governor’s Comedy Club, Chuckles Comedy Club, Budd Friedman and the Improv, Jamie Masada and the Laugh Factory, Joe Drew, Sammy Shore, Bob Zmuda, Chris Albrecht, Rick Messina, James L. Brooks, Al Jean and Mike Reiss, Garry Shandling, Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold, HBO, Ben Stiller, Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Steve Brill, Kevin Rooney, Allen Covert, Jack Giarraputo, Paul Feig, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Jake Kasdan, and Steve Carell.

J
UDD
A
PATOW
is one of the most important comic minds of his generation. He wrote and directed the films
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
(co-written with Steve Carell),
Knocked Up, Funny People
, and
This Is 40
, and his producing credits include
Superbad, Bridesmaids
, and
Anchorman.
Apatow is the executive producer of HBO’s
Girls.
He was also the executive producer of
Freaks and Geeks
, created
Undeclared
, and co-created the Emmy Award–winning television program
The Ben Stiller Show.
His latest film is
Trainwreck.
He was also the editor of the collection
I Found This Funny.
Judd Apatow lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Leslie Mann, and their daughters, Maude and Iris.

@JuddApatow

Author’s proceeds, minus agent fees, are being donated to 826 National, 826 LA, and 826 NY—organizations that provide free tutoring and literacy programs. For more information, go to
www.826national.org
.