Louis Theroux Quotes
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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.
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A lot of money could be saved if we ate urban wildlife.
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I think everybody carries a slight sense of being different, and I know that it comes very naturally to me.
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I like eating food after it's gone off.
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Celebrity is quite a fraught word. It is not something I aspire to, but I can certainly see why it could be.
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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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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.
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I've discovered I am quite a puritanical person.
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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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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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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.
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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'm not necessarily scanning for clues when I make documentaries.
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I don't go around saturated in guilt or anything like that. I do worry about things quite a lot, but I don't feel as though I am a bad person.
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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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I just follow the subjects I'm interested in.
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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.
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The many ways of getting content for free have slashed the profits of the professionals in their respective fields.
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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.
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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.