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" I never want to feel more than the viewers. I'm not trying to be an automaton. It's like when you see people laughing on camera, and you don't find it funny as a viewer - it's an offputting experience. "

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" I don't like that feeling of holding back difficult questions. I feel like the more I can be transparent in the way I approach a story, the more it makes a satisfying programme. "

Louis Theroux

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" Sometimes I feel a bit socially disconnected in terms of being a little bit gullible about how people interrelate emotionally. "

" There's obviously a lot of controversy around the issue of hunting as there is around gambling, and I like these stories where there is a moral dimension, stories that force you to think about your prejudices about a subject and explore the extent to which they are justified. "

" I'm not that comfortable doing polemic or being strident. "

" I've got an interest in Zimbabwe. I spent a few months there before uni, so I'd like to get back to that. "

" I've always enjoyed painting, but I went to teach in schools in Zimbabwe instead. "

" 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. "

" I think of myself as being quite affable, approachable, fairly easy to get to know. "

" I think Donald Trump's had a pattern of leaping on the bandwagon of anything that he feels will further his candidacy, and if that means sowing more fear and paranoia and playing into a kind of xenophobic populist strain, then that's what he will do. "

" I never misrepresent my position - you've got to be strong enough to make the argument and marshal the case. "

" 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

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" There have been times when I've felt inappropriately emotional. I remember making 'The Most Hated Family in America' about the Westboro Baptist Church, and being on the way to a funeral of a U.S. soldier with the Phelps family; they were going to picket the funeral. "

" I think everybody carries a slight sense of being different, and I know that it comes very naturally to me. "

" When you're in your 40s, you become more conscious of life being of limited duration and that you need to create memories and go on little adventures from time to time. "

" 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. "

" Funnily enough, the most danger I felt was when I did a story about exotic animals kept as pets in America. "

" 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. "

" The thing is, I have never been that confident, and, um, I have a lot of self-doubt, and I had never - I don't think I ever would have consciously chosen to be a television presenter. "

" 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. "

" I never thought I would really like to be on television, and the story of me getting into it was quite lucky, really, just a series of chance encounters. So I am not exactly putting myself across as a celebrity, although people might perceive me that way. "

Louis Theroux

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" Hunting really divides people in Britain. We keep pets, and we name our animals, but we're not too worried about industrial hunting practices. "

" I really do try not to emote. I don't like seeing it on documentaries - it seems a bit unprofessional. I also need to be human being and be a kind of sympathetic presence for the contributors I'm with, so there' a line you have to walk. "

" I'm not trying to acquire a reputation as serious documentary maker for its own sake. "

" 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. "

" The documentary genre, shows like 'Making a Murderer' and 'The Jinx' on HBO, there's been a whole raft of long-form docs. "

" My guilty fear is that what I'm doing, probably anyone could do. And that I just got a lot of lucky breaks. "

" I feel like, if there's an elephant in the room, I'd really like to start off by introducing the elephant in the room. And sometimes it's funny. "

" I try not to be too judgmental. "

" It's in the DNA of Scientology that they don't trust journalists. "

" Do I care about clothes and stuff? Not much. It's a bit sick, isn't it, people spending all that money on clothes? I'm too stingy. I wouldn't pay £100 for a shirt. "