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Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux
British Director
Born: May 20, 1970
About Being Me People Think You
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One of the things I have always enjoyed about Scientology is their proactive approach to journalists who are covering them. Louis Theroux
Approach One Of The Things About Journalists Always Covering Proactive Them Who Enjoyed Things
Not counting the brand of Sunni Islam practised by the so-called Islamic State, there is probably no religion in the world that comes in for more flak than Scientology. Louis Theroux
Religion World Islam State Sunni More Counting Islamic Brand Than Flak So-Called
True believers of Scientology seem to know with utmost certainty that they have found the answer to the deepest riddles of all time - they may or may not be right, but that kind of self-belief is very appealing. Louis Theroux
Time Kind All-Time Seem True True Believers Know Answer Very May Certainty Riddles Appealing Found Utmost Believers Deepest Right
I try not to be too judgmental. Louis Theroux
Try Too Judgmental
If I actually invited someone to make a documentary about me, and I said, 'Anything goes', and then I refused to answer any questions, that would be inconsistent. Louis Theroux
Me Would Would-Be About Someone Invited Documentary Make Answer Said Questions Goes Any Refused Anything Then Actually Inconsistent
I don't think I'm afraid of anything. Louis Theroux
Think Afraid Anything
I've got an interest in Zimbabwe. I spent a few months there before uni, so I'd like to get back to that. Louis Theroux
Before Few Back Months Spent Like Got Get Interest Zimbabwe
Prisons and jails, I tend to feel that you're actually safer as a journalist than you might think, certainly more than it appears. Louis Theroux
You Journalist Think More Tend Feel Safer Prisons Than Jails Might Certainly Appears Actually
Funnily enough, the most danger I felt was when I did a story about exotic animals kept as pets in America. Louis Theroux
Animals Enough Danger About Most Felt Exotic America Did Story Pets Kept
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. Louis Theroux
People Giving About Angst Dealing Lot Very Done Situations Them Shows Stressful
The trouble is, I just don't know if I'm too human or not human enough. Louis Theroux
Trouble Too Enough Know Human Just
I've always enjoyed painting, but I went to teach in schools in Zimbabwe instead. Louis Theroux
Painting Instead Schools Always Teach Enjoyed Zimbabwe
I tell people I live in Harlesden in north-west London, and I can see them thinking, 'Why do you live there?' Louis Theroux
You People Live Thinking Tell See London Them Why
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. Louis Theroux
Father Broccoli Meltdown Kids Seeing Over Am Children Midst Choice Used Necessity Two
It is important to note that most of the patients in Ohio's mental health facilities have never committed crimes. They are institutionalised because they have lost touch with reality and are having problems functioning unaided in the community. Louis Theroux
Health Reality Mental Health Problems Important Lost Community Crimes Touch Mental Having Facilities Never Most Because Committed Ohio Patients Note
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. Louis Theroux
Time Experience People First Meeting Crimes Extreme Harrowing Unnerving Details Could Occasionally Gentle First Time Came Were Forensic Often Patients Across Mild
I've discovered I am quite a puritanical person. Louis Theroux
Puritanical Am Discovered Person Quite
Some things should remain private. Louis Theroux
Some Some Things Remain Private Should Things
Hunting really divides people in Britain. We keep pets, and we name our animals, but we're not too worried about industrial hunting practices. Louis Theroux
People Animals Too Our Worried Hunting About Divides Name Industrial Practices Really Keep Pets Britain
I am always drawn to things that feel different to what I would experience at home: things that offer a combination of unfamiliarity and a sort of bleak glamour. I think the outback has that. Louis Theroux
Home Experience Think Drawn Would Glamour Bleak Feel Combination Sort Always Am Offer Different Things
'Cunnamulla' is a beautifully bleak portrait of a lonely town in which people are leading lives of sort of quiet desperation. Louis Theroux
People Desperation Lonely Bleak Leading Town Beautifully Sort Quiet Which Lives Portrait
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. Louis Theroux
Think Television Would Never Had Self-Doubt Been Lot Um Confident Chosen Ever Thing Presenter
Celebrity is quite a fraught word. It is not something I aspire to, but I can certainly see why it could be. Louis Theroux
Word Fraught See Something Could Celebrity Quite Aspire Certainly Why
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. Louis Theroux
Funny You Experience People Laughing Find See More Never Feel Like Camera Than Trying Want Viewer Viewers
I'm following my interests, and there's something about investigating the world and creating a watchable, entertaining programme out of it that is deeply satisfying. Louis Theroux
World Out Entertaining Following About Something Investigating Interests Creating Satisfying Deeply Programme
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