I think of myself as being quite affable, approachable, fairly easy to get to know. Louis Theroux affableapproachableeasy Change image and share on social
As much as the glasses, it's the Englishness and the gangliness. The apparent lack of muscularity... they indicate I'm not a macho man. Louis Theroux apparentenglishnessgangliness Change image and share on social
When you're in your 40s, you become more conscious of life being of limited duration and that you need to create memories and go on little adventures from time to time. Louis Theroux 40sadventureconscious Change image and share on social
I really do try not to emote. I don't like seeing it on documentaries - it seems a bit unprofessional. I also need to be human being and be a kind of sympathetic presence for the contributors I'm with, so there' a line you have to walk. Louis Theroux bitecontributordocumentary share on social
There have been times when I've felt inappropriately emotional. I remember making 'The Most Hated Family in America' about the Westboro Baptist Church, and being on the way to a funeral of a U.S. soldier with the Phelps family; they were going to picket the funeral. Louis Theroux americabaptistchurch share on social
There are fear mongers who talk about Islam as somehow it is an incubator of hate... remember Christians, like the Westboro Baptist Church, are just as capable of promoting intolerance. Louis Theroux baptistcapablechristian Change image and share on social
'Cunnamulla' is a beautifully bleak portrait of a lonely town in which people are leading lives of sort of quiet desperation. Louis Theroux beautifullybleakcunnamulla Change image and share on social
L.A. is the opposite of Britain in a lot of respects, and that's what draws so many British people here. Louis Theroux britainbritishdraw Change image and share on social
In west London where I live, white people are a minority. In the area I am in, which is the borough of Brent, whites are less than 50%. Louis Theroux areaboroughbrent Change image and share on social
I didn't think, 'I'd really like to work in TV; maybe I could carve out a niche where I talk to people who are somehow involved in marginal or difficult lifestyles... ' It was something I gravitated to very naturally as a subject area, almost instinctively, and somehow turned into a TV career without meaning to. Louis Theroux areacareercarve share on social