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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Seth Rogen Is Receiving a Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at Such a Young Age · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: When a Hollywood creative receives a Lifetime Achievement Award, they're
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  Speaker 2: often in their 60s, 70s, or 80s reflecting on a
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  Speaker 2: career spanning multiple decades. But Seth Rogen is about to
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  Speaker 2: receive one at only 44 years old.
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  Speaker 3: Yet the very prestigious Norman Jewison Career Achievement Award at
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  Speaker 3: the Toronto International Film Festival. And while he is incredibly
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  Speaker 3: young for an honor like this, the thing is, He's
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  Speaker 3: been at it for like a really long time.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, his first stand-up gig, he was only 13. And
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  Speaker 4: then he landed Freaks and Geeks only a few years later.
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  Speaker 4: And he's kind of been going strong ever since.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we co-starred together in a movie. Well, well, well.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you remember that.
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  Speaker 2: 40-plus starring roles in movies. 10 produced screenplays he's written.
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  Speaker 1: Two he's directed.
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  Speaker 2: On top of four TV shows he's created. And it's
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  Speaker 2: all stuff we.
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  Speaker 1: Know and love.
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  Speaker 3: And when Variety asked him what his secret is to
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  Speaker 3: be so incredibly prolific, he says... It's not hard to
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  Speaker 3: motivate yourself when you actually truly love what you do.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, if he's got time off over the weekend, he
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  Speaker 4: actually starts working on a project, not because of any
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  Speaker 4: obligation or deadline, just because he loves making stuff.
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  Speaker 2: He is naturally inspired. He thinks getting started so young
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  Speaker 2: helps him not get in his own way.
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  Speaker 1: He does not feel the pressure. He loves a blank page.
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  Speaker 2: So congratulations to Seth Rogen on his Norman Jewison Career
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  Speaker 2: Achievement Award.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.