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" My guilty fear is that what I'm doing, probably anyone could do. And that I just got a lot of lucky breaks. "
Louis Theroux
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" I would love to make a film in the outback or in Papua New Guinea, in Port Moresby. I know that it's not in Australia, but it's not too far. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I think there's a feeling of - a grassroots feeling of being betrayed by the elites in some way: that the system is working for itself and not for the people at the bottom. "
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" 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. "
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" In west London where I live, white people are a minority. In the area I am in, which is the borough of Brent, whites are less than 50%. "
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" I've always enjoyed painting, but I went to teach in schools in Zimbabwe instead. "
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" People say I'm deceptively unassuming, but that's the way I go through life. I'm not flash. You can make it sound calculated, but it's pretty much just me. "
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" I don't feel that as human beings we have an obligation to dislike someone based on their beliefs, and it's OK to have a human reaction to someone even if you feel what they do is hideous and objectionable. You can still enjoy their company and find them interesting to be around. "
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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. "
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