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" When interviews are too cosy, I don't enjoy them. "
Louis Theroux
Them
Interviews
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" I both admired my father and his writing, and I saw how much he valued it. "
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" 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. "
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" Although my dad's a writer, we grew up in a telly-watching household. I never found him disparaging about television. "
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" When it was time to meet a chimpanzee, I got very, very anxious because they have the strength of ten men, so I hear. "
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" Sometimes people think I'm sort of a Machiavelli who is thinking, 'How can I disarm people? I know: I'll create a persona; I'll get some spectacles, and when I meet you, I'll say, 'How are you doing?' And I will be very unassuming and polite and never get angry.' "
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" 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. "
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" I was always attracted and repelled by the idea of being a writer. "
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Idea
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" I've always slightly harboured a dream of making a film, a documentary feature. Somehow, I just got into a way of working a routine of making TV docs. "
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Got
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Routine
" 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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" There's always a negotiation that goes on to persuade people we are coming to the subject with an open mind but without surrendering too many pawns. We don't want to misrepresent the fact that we will draw our own conclusions. "
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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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" Reflecting the truth sounds easy, but sometimes it's not. "
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" Arguably, there's an emotional side of life that I'm not always completely plugged into. "
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" I don't think I'm afraid of anything. "
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" Meeting forensic patients for the first time could occasionally be an unnerving experience. They often came across as mild and gentle people, but the details of the crimes were harrowing in the extreme. "
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" In the past, I've tried to show the human side of people involved in stigmatised or misunderstood lifestyles. I've tried to resist easy judgments and not pander to prejudices. "
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