Howard Stern Got Her a Movie Deal
Amy Schumer has never shied away from the spotlight, from her first appearance on Last Comic Standing to her headlining role in Trainwreck. The comedian is so famous for her candor about her professional and personal life that it may seem like we know all there is to know about the funny gal.
However, these facts about her may just come as a surprise.
Trainwreck director Judd Apatow admits that it was Schumer's interview with Howard Stern that sold her to him. In 2012, she appeared on the radio show where she spoke openly about her father's struggle with alcoholism and multiple sclerosis. He said that "Amy was so interesting that I didn't leave, I just sat there in my car listening. She was telling all these stories about her relationships, and about her dad and how she deals with that emotionally.
Her College Degree Was Held Hostage
It was very brutal, and also very sweet and funny. I thought WOW! She really sounds like a screenwriter." Apatow immediately set up a meeting with her so they could discuss a screenplay. That screenplay became the hilarious and relatable Trainwreck.
Even though Amy Schumer completed her college credits on time, she did not receive a diploma with the rest of her graduating class. Towson charged a fee to post her credits, and Schumer, thinking that was ridiculous, didn't pay the fee.
She Reviewed Her Stand-Up Tapes At Best Buy
She got her diploma four years later when she was passing through Baltimore on tour. The Towson theater department chairman had been watching her on the show, and he promised to give her the diploma if she met him in the Baltimore Lyric Opera House with cash.
After seeing the footage from her stand-up show at Gotham Comedy Club, she admits she felt ashamed. She decided to review the tapes from her sets and began to take notes.
She Was Voted "Class Clown" and "Teacher's Worst Nightmare" In High School
However, since she didn't have a fancy TV to watch them on, she watched herself on the display screens at Best Buy.
In 1999, Schumer was deemed two superlatives, Class Clown and Teacher's Worst Nightmare. Although the first didn't shock her, Schumer admitted about the second that, "Half my teachers were shocked.
Because if it was a class I was really interested in I would just sit and listen and be attentive and was a good member of the class. But if it was a class that I struggled or I felt wasn't you know, like business law, I remember, those are the classes I would kind of act up in."