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" I don't like watching things where I think the people onscreen are ahead of me or assuming I know something that I don't know. "
Louis Theroux
Think
Ahead
Know
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" I'm not necessarily scanning for clues when I make documentaries. "
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Necessarily
Make
Clues
" There is no religion that has a monopoly on bigotry. "
Louis Theroux
Religion
Monopoly
" I didn't think, 'I'd really like to work in TV; maybe I could carve out a niche where I talk to people who are somehow involved in marginal or difficult lifestyles... ' It was something I gravitated to very naturally as a subject area, almost instinctively, and somehow turned into a TV career without meaning to. "
Louis Theroux
Think
Career
People
" I'm not trying to acquire a reputation as serious documentary maker for its own sake. "
Louis Theroux
Maker
Own
Reputation
" I sometimes get accused of being 'faux-naive,' but for me, it's really just about getting down to the basics of something. "
Louis Theroux
Me
Basics
Down
" For publicity purposes, everything gets simplified, and the fact that I wear glasses and am somewhat bookish makes me a geek. That's fine; there needs to be a shorthand, but there are important geek traits that I don't really share. "
Louis Theroux
Me
Everything
Fact
" Sometimes I feel a bit socially disconnected in terms of being a little bit gullible about how people interrelate emotionally. "
Louis Theroux
Sometimes
Feel
People
" All religions are, in some basic sense, irrational. "
Louis Theroux
Irrational
Basic
Religions
" It's in the DNA of Scientology that they don't trust journalists. "
Louis Theroux
Trust
DNA
Journalists
" Empires will come and go. The Soviet Union collapses; China can become a superpower, but 'Blue Peter' stays the same. "
Louis Theroux
Blue
Will
Empires
" It's in the DNA of all the shows that I have done that are about people that are dealing with very stressful situations that are giving them a lot of angst. "
Louis Theroux
Lot
Dealing
DNA
" I've got an interest in Zimbabwe. I spent a few months there before uni, so I'd like to get back to that. "
Louis Theroux
Before
Get
Back
" When interviews are too cosy, I don't enjoy them. "
Louis Theroux
Them
Interviews
Enjoy
" I think what I'm good at is getting to know people and trying to build a relationship over a few weeks and trying to get to the truth. "
Louis Theroux
Think
People
Good
" I have been to a few A-list parties, but not massively. It's not my life, but it's fun dipping into it. "
Louis Theroux
Been
Few
Fun
" I've always seen TV as... it didn't occupy the same rarefied space as literature, but it's art you can use day to day. I've never been hung up on where it figures in the hierarchy of learning. "
Louis Theroux
Space
Always
Art
" The documentary genre, shows like 'Making a Murderer' and 'The Jinx' on HBO, there's been a whole raft of long-form docs. "
Louis Theroux
Documentary
Been
Raft
" As a father of two children, I am used to seeing kids in the midst of a five-alarm meltdown over the choice of DVD or the necessity of broccoli. "
Louis Theroux
I Am
Choice
Seeing
" I don't think I'm afraid of anything. "
Louis Theroux
Think
Afraid
Anything
" I am genuinely slightly vague and chaotic in my habits. For good or ill, you know. "
Louis Theroux
Vague
Good
Habits
" I think people are so immersed in the anti-Scientology mindset by consuming tabloid media and stories about space aliens. It's baffling. When I say I want to see a more positive side of the church, all I'm saying is I want to get past these headlines that talk about aliens and Tom Cruise jumping on a sofa. "
Louis Theroux
Think
Past
People
" Clearly I'm able to read emotions. But I do feel... What is it? Awkwardness. I'm not a slick dude. That's what it comes down to. The nakedness, the guilelessness... that's quite real. "
Louis Theroux
Emotions
Down
Dude
" I never misrepresent my position - you've got to be strong enough to make the argument and marshal the case. "
Louis Theroux
Enough
Strong
Argument
" Scientology is not that different from other religions. And yet, at the same time, we don't have Anglicans doing the things that are alleged to be done in Scientology, at least in the Sea Org. "
Louis Theroux
Time
Doing
Done
" Most people feel that they are the heroes of their own lives and that they're good people. So if they're in a crisis, they feel an understandable urge to set out their own version of events. "
Louis Theroux
Good
Heroes
People
" You can say, 'I am a poet, rock-climbing shaman, and my name is Hiawatha Moonbeam,' and people in America will say, 'Hey, that's great. All power to you, man'. "
Louis Theroux
America
Great
I Am
" I've discovered I am quite a puritanical person. "
Louis Theroux
Person
Quite
Am
" After studying the subject for years, watching countless YouTube videos of Scientology handlers filming critics and journalists, it felt amazing to be on the receiving end myself: I felt like I'd been blooded. "
Louis Theroux
End
Myself
Studying
" I think of myself as being quite affable, approachable, fairly easy to get to know. "
Louis Theroux
Myself
Think
Easy
" Arguably, there's an emotional side of life that I'm not always completely plugged into. "
Louis Theroux
Arguably
Always
Emotional