Louis Theroux Quotes

What all my favorite comedians have in common is extraordinary honesty.

I'm not afraid of poking fun at myself.

The honesty of my material and my being vulnerable was from Richard Pryor. He doesn't mind talking about his life, which is why I think he was one of the dopest to ever do it.

I could write a joke song really easily, but I think something that might be true for my generation is that there's a certain irony or detachedness expected of us, even though we really feel sincere. So the only way to sincerity is through a joke.

If I was a very stable person, I would not have to do comedy. Nobody would have to listen to me.

I'm very self-deprecating, so I'm not afraid to make jokes at my own expense, and I've just found that makes people a little more comfortable and can open the door for people to feel a little bit more understanding and accepting of where you're coming from.

The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness.

I'm really good at laughing at myself.

I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once.

Self-deprecating humor and brutal honesty is a really freeing thing.

I'm a funny guy. I want people to laugh. I laugh at myself, I make fun of myself. But at the end of the day everything that I say has a message in it.

I don't always look so beautiful.

You have to be so honest in comedy.

I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.

I sometimes wonder why I talk about Judaism so much in my act, and the reason is that it's such a huge part of who I am, and I only make fun of stuff that I care about.

Love is universal, luckily, but also in general I've found that whenever I've been the most specific in my stand-up, revealing some weird neurosis or quirk I'm ashamed of, that's what people relate to the most. Specificity is key!

I'm kinda rather make people laugh I guess or cry or whatever but bragging about what I have for me personally uncharacteristic I guess.

For better or worse, there are few things so disarming as one who laughs well at her own expense.

I can ask someone to let me into all aspects of their life for several years, but people have got to have that gift: that courage and that talent for opening their lives to the camera. Being candid is a gift, and that's what the audience responds to. Part of it is me asking, and part of it is just their inherent talent, which is what you are looking for when you make documentaries - people that are really going to let you in on what they are going through.

If I'm an ass, I should say so. If I don't, somebody else will. If I say it first, that disarms them.

I've always been into the not stereotypical hunk guy - I'm into dorky, like I call it adorkable. And I think that a lot of girls are into that. I think there's something disarming about it and endearing and also puts you at ease and there's an attractiveness there - it's like a good sense of humor, self-deprecating, weirdness. You know? Because I think we all have that in ourselves, but we just try to hide it because it's not "cool," but a lot of people can kind of relate to that feeling or the outsider feeling.

Believe it or not, I swear I'm just a human being.

A lot of people can be very scared about making themselves vulnerable and appearing uncool. I don't really give a damn; as long as it's funny, I'll do it [make fun of myself].

I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.

Rappers kinda look stupid sometimes. Most of the time. I'm pretty sure I look stupid too a lot.