"He spent much of the year or so hiatus caring for newborn Iris, but it also marked an unexpected turning point: Apatow began reading more than he ever had in his life. "I think it was the specificity of describing the human condition [in these books] that, through osmosis, reoriented me somehow. I got less dumb," Apatow tells Bustle ahead of the release of his latest book, Comedy Nerd."
"One of the first books he gravitated toward in that period was , a collection exploring the effects of faith, family, and grief. "As I get older, you start a book and you're like, 'How am I going to remember these 14 names?' In his work, I never have that feeling," Apatow says. "The prose is so beautiful that within a paragraph, I'm completely deep in a world.""
"Another tale of a lone wolf discovering his place in the world, Steve Martin's Born Standing Up, also resonated with Apatow. "A lot of people consider that the best book about the life of a comedian and what it takes to be a stand-up comedian," Apatow says. "You see Steve Martin's journey as he figures out his 'character,' but it's just beautifully written and really funny. It's like candy to com"
Judd Apatow paused filmmaking after the birth of his second child and devoted much of his hiatus to caring for newborn Iris and reading extensively. The intensive reading changed his perspective, with Apatow describing how prose specificity about the human condition reoriented him and made him feel "less dumb." He gravitated toward books exploring faith, family, and grief, and praised immersive, beautiful prose that quickly draws him into a world. Apatow connected strongly to novels portraying outsiders finding belonging and recommended Steve Martin's Born Standing Up as an illuminating account of a comedian's life and craft.
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