Louis Theroux Quotes

Once I got over the fear of writing female characters, it actually came quite easily and I was really happy with it. I just thought about girls I knew really, really well and I'd just have conversations with them and tried to relay how they talk about certain things.

I love the feeling that you get when you can really laugh with a man and be natural and not always think that there's a sexual element going on. For me, flirting with a man means making fun of myself and trying to open myself and be very unpretentious.

After I get comfortable, I kind of forget that we're even doing an interview and I say whatever comes to the mind.

With my friends, I don't feel pressure to be someone other than who I am.

I like to do an interview when the other person isn't expecting it. I find it's more spontaneous.

Pickup lines are a major turn-off, they don't work on me and I tune them out. It's better to just be honest.

I like somebody who's not so crazy but likes to have a good time... and who is thoughtful and kind and easy to laugh with. Somebody you can just be yourself with one hundred and fifty percent.

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty.

I know the crew so well, so I forget I'm being filmed. It's like cooking with a friend in the kitchen - you're talking, as you do, and maybe you're telling her about this wonderful way to prepare lamb chops - it's more natural, more honest.

I wanted when we began this to have a conversation, the kind that you're able to have, and the only way I knew how to do it was not to have a pre-interview.

In all of my career, the style is still the same, and that is of a friend, just sitting and talking.

If I did want to get a girl's attention, it would just be in some way where I would just start talking to her. It would have to feel organic. It's too weird otherwise.

I think when I first started, I tried to make believe I was in the ballpark, sitting next to somebody and just talking. And if you go to a ballgame, and you sit there, you're not going to talk pitches for three hours.

I don't believe in these headline-hunting interviews. That's just not my style.

I love to listen to people talk, especially when they're being really honest and they're not trying to sound any particular way.

When I'm in a session with someone I don't know, I like hanging out for a moment and talking and seeing if we can find some similarities in whatever conversation we're having. The best thing is when you just go for it - just do something that feels good and makes you feel free in the moment.

I want to come across as an average guy, talking to his neighbor.

A lot of new artists, especially girl artists, feel pressure to be so 'media perfect' and 'trained.' I'm intelligent, but I don't like hearing regurgitated answers in interviews that sound so rehearsed.

I always wanted my stand-up to feel like not just a show, but like you're hanging out with someone for an hour. I like to just talk.

It's relaxing to be around somebody that you don't have to try so hard around.

A romantic date for me is sitting in pajamas and being with a guy with whom I can be myself.

I know how I like my house. I like it cute and cozy and a little funky, and I like it to feel lived in and worn, and I like the things inside of it to work. That's all. And for me, it's fine that my house's interior suggests that I might not spend every waking moment thinking about how it looks.

I am naturally prone to fun or to be funny, but when I talk about myself in interviews, then it's an intellectual exercise.

We try to talk when the microphones are on the same way we would when the microphones are off.

I do think, with any beat, it helps to establish a basic level of comfort and cordiality, especially if you plan to ask uncomfortable questions. Sitting down in person for a meal or a coffee can help that.