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Diary of a CEO · 2023-03-07

Seth Rogen Opens Up About His Self-Doubts & Struggles That Nobody Sees!

Seth Rogen Opens Up About His Self-Doubts & Struggles That Nobody Sees!

The guest's own work

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Superbad

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (inferred)

“the first movie I wrote was super bad with Evan and it was very much informed by our high school experience it's largely based on real things that happened”— Seth Rogen
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Pineapple Express

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (inferred)

“that's probably when we wrote Pineapple Express you know so we had finished super bad no one wanted to make it”— Seth Rogen
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Freaks and Geeks

Judd Apatow (inferred)

“16 years old you you get a part in Freaks and Geeks yeah and that brings you to LA with your family”— Steven Bartlett
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Undeclared

Judd Apatow (inferred)

“we did freaky Geeks and we did a show called undoclare that was on Fox in 2000 2001 and then then I basically didn't work for like three years”— Seth Rogen
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The Green Hornet

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (inferred)

“is is Green Hornet where you've got you received some critical reviews for that can you zoom me if I was a fly on the wall”— Steven Bartlett
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The Interview

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (inferred)

“I honestly think things like the interview were more like painful as far as like people really taking joy and talking shit about it”— Seth Rogen
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Neighbors

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (inferred)

“the most tangible thing is the movie Neighbors which we've talked about in the past which is our most successful movie we've made”— Seth Rogen
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This Is the End

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (inferred)

“that's why we wrote super bad we were like let's write our favorite movie and it was the same thing with Pineapple Express this is the end and the boys”— Seth Rogen
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The Boys

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (inferred)

“this is the end and the boys was a comic book we loved we were like let's make this no one else is gonna let's make this into something”— Seth Rogen
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Sausage Party

Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (inferred)

“the guys I do sausage party with I grew up with them the guy you know like the the the it like goes on and on”— Seth Rogen
ProductBy the guest

Houseplant

Seth Rogen

“you know Point gray which success house plant massive success that's in a different industry that's in you know the more entrepreneurial side”— Steven Bartlett

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

“I read part of that Malcolm Gladwell book about the uh about you know the miraculous kind of set of circumstances that it takes to become like remotely successful”— Seth Rogen
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Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld (inferred)

“at that time sitcoms were very popular Seinfeld things like that so I was like I was like the most practical path for me”— Seth Rogen
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SCTV

“Lauren Michaels is Canadian you know SCTV you know a lot of uh great uh some of the greatest means of all time are Canadian”— Seth Rogen
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The Diary of a CEO Conversation Cards

The Diary of a CEO (inferred)

“you got swag called The Diary of SEO conversation cards you're going to be I've put 20 of them there's 60 of them in total”— Steven Bartlett