Before he was directing box office hits or launching the careers of comedy superstars, Judd Apatow was a kid writing fan letters to his heroes, collecting autographs, and obsessively documenting everything. He’s now opened his personal archive for a new book of photographs, letters, scripts, and journals that shaped movies like ‘The 40-Year-Old Virgin,’ ‘Knocked Up,’ and ‘Trainwreck.’ Also, we hear from Misty Copeland, who captivated audiences as the first Black woman to become a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. She also performed with Prince, who helped change her perception of herself. “He was my biggest supporter. He showed what it was the be one of a kind, to be unique and to use that as a power.”Ken Tucker celebrates 50 years of Patti Smith’s album ‘Horses.’Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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From WHYY in Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Tanya Mosley. Today, Judd Apatow. Before he was directing box office hits or launching the careers of comedy superstars, he was a kid writing fan letters to his heroes, collecting autographs and obsessively documenting everything.
He's now opened his personal archives for a new book of photographs, letters, scripts, and journals that shaped movies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Trainwreck. Also, we hear from Misty Copeland, who captivated audiences as the first Black woman to become a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater.
She also performed with Prince, who helped change her perception of herself.
He was my biggest supporter. He showed me what it was to be one of a kind, to be unique, and to use that as a power.
And Ken Tucker celebrates 50 years of Patti Smith's album, Horses. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend. I invite influential thinkers to open up about the big topics we all think about but rarely talk about. Tune in this fall to hear Mel Robbins, Malala Yousafzai, and Brene Brown talk about everything from grief and God to ambition and forgiveness.
Watch or listen on the NPR app, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts. On NPR's Wildcard podcast, Padma Lakshmi says she feels better at 55 than 25.
I wouldn't go back to my 20s for all the money in the world. I really wouldn't.
It was so hard on myself about every little thing or every, you know, imperfection. Watch or listen to that Wildcard conversation on the NPR app or on YouTube at NPR Wildcard.
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