Louis Theroux Quotes
Funnily enough, the most danger I felt was when I did a story about exotic animals kept as pets in America.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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Being evil is easy.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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The day I leave Paris is the day I go down a level or quit football.
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Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
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An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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I took a job at a white-shoe NYC law firm, with an office, business cards, and a fat starter paycheck.
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When I am not working, I am home. I love spending time at my house.
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I sold steaks over the phone in Omaha, Nebraska. Marbling, fantastic. That's what makes a great steak; a lot of people don't know.
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I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there.
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Most writers like to maintain some sort of anonymity. For me, making videos was an assault.
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To move forward you have to give back.
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I'm pretty interested in documentary film, and I'd watch almost anything. At some point, I stumbled upon 'shoot interviews' and found out that wrestlers were now talking openly about things that were going on in wrestling that we as viewers were not privy to. This fascinated me.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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Culture is this thing that exists apart from our real life but is something we all have tacitly agreed to in America. And what film and television do, particularly in this country, is lay out the characters involved in this invisible agreement and dictate who and what can participate.
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Funnily enough, the most danger I felt was when I did a story about exotic animals kept as pets in America.
