Is it hiding the gut?

Do I have breasts?

We need you to make comedy because life f****** sucks

right now.

I'm going to teach you about comedy.

How to make it, how to direct it, how to write it, how to

perform it.

Oh my god, sports?

I love them.

Who are your favorite teams?

The Orlando ... Blooms?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

People should look at comedies as dramas when they're writing.

They should be stories that would work just as

well without any jokes.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

When they're all improvising, I'll yell out things.

It's almost like I'm a third actor in the scene.

Oh, that feels warm.

OK, this is going to hurt a little bit.

That's OK.

[SCREAMING]

Stop smiling.

Ask yourself a lot of questions,

because usually that's where the humor is, is in your identity.

The more nervous I get, the more I smile so--

Stop smiling.

Stop it.

You know, you're using those real-life moments

as ingredients that are inspired by things that

have happened in your life.

I am you.

And you are me.

And we are making love to your wife.

And she is us.

And we, we're making love, you and me.

OK.

People who get involved in comedy

are upset about something.

I think I spent a lot of my childhood

alone because people were playing sports.

I was picked last in gym class.

And it made me angry.

You know what is comedy?

It's speaking your truth and revealing your darkest,

deepest stuff that for most people they would keep hidden.

Stories are about people who are messed up

and need to figure out a way to grow.

So you want f***** up people.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Find the courage to tell a heartfelt, great story

to show how people try to grow, how they try to find happiness.

And every once in a while, they pee with a boner.

I'm Judd Apatow, and this is my MasterClass.