I'm an observer in life, not a participant. That's why I'm a documentarian who looks through a camera. I'm not a touchy-feely person; I'm not a seminar person.
I'd always loved what went on in skateboarding. I'd never skated myself, but I loved the graphics - I really liked the rebelliousness of it.
I can go to a lot of games, but I'm not a player. I'm kind of an observer. That's why I think I do what I do in life. I just observe. That's what I find fascinating.
You are not an active creator of the film.
I don't like work like that. I am the silent partner. I work through events, I live on the sidelines, I dabble in causes and effects, I watch how the misbegotten creatures of this world live their lives.
You can be on a good team and not play at all.
If people were like me, there would be no mob, because I don't play that game.
There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.
At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it.
I like playing the guy on the sidelines. They have more fun.
we're watchers of this world aren't we? not players
I'm just a friendly bystander who they occasionally ask questions of. That's my level of involvement.
Outsider means "I will accept the possibility that I don't have responsibility for what is happening inside my domain."
I wouldn't go to a club just to stay on the subs' bench.
Didja ever get one of them girls who just wants to watch the show?