Louis Theroux Quotes

I, sort of, got into comedy accidentally, and it got bigger than I wanted it to.

I've become completely well adjusted to being a cult figure.

My family was very conservative, and I had a traditional upbringing. I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one. The fact that I became one is probably the loveliest, most glamorous and fortunate misunderstanding.

I really loved working on 'Laguna Beach,' and I'd do it all over again. I'm one of the luckiest kids in the world, but I thought it was going to be a documentary about kids in high school, and they exaggerated all this drama. When it came out, it was this weird thing. People feel that they know you.

I do look better on TV. In real life, I look scruffy and pale, and I get the worst kind of recognition... I get the 'Haven't we met somewhere before?' I suggest it might be because I'm on the telly, and they say, 'No, it's definitely not that. Wasn't it at so-and-so's party?'

I don't feel like I'm really in the public eye because I feel like I'm one of the public.

I am the most unlikely star in the world.

Judging by the number of things I get asked to do I don't think the public are sick of me.

It feels really strange when I walk by newsstands and I don't see any magazines with me in it!

I wanted people to know just who I am and what I'm all about and what actually happened. And to remind people that I had a life before Clint, and I intend to have one after.

I have really never considered myself a TV star. I always thought I was a neighbor who just came in for a visit.

I've never tried to be a celebrity chef, people call me that but I was that young boy that the media chose.

I think anyone who is ever on TV is a role model for somebody.

I never thought I was going to be popular; I never thought I was going to be famous.

I don't think I am a very big star on TV.

I don't think I'm that recognizable.

I definitely thought the first book was going to be a one-off. I never thought I'd even write a book, not ever having aspired to be a writer. It's something that never occurred to me - a bit like it never occurred to me to play guitar when I was young. I just thought it was out of my league.

When we started off, we weren't even thinking of being a global band. We just ended up becoming that.

It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.

I don't really think of myself as a heartthrob.

If people think I am a failure because I am not on telly every day, that is their problem.

But I'm constantly surprised by the amount of interest in how I look. It's flattering, but a little weird - at the end of the day, I'm a footballer.

People are kind of used to me shooting.

I don't see myself being perceived as a Bollywood star and I wouldn't want to be that either.

I've won the Tour. But no, I don't feel I'm a celebrity.