The only two requirements I have for a camera are that it turns on quickly and has a great zoom. — John Wilson Copy Share Image
Engaging with the subject from behind the camera feels like the least artificial way for me to conduct an interview. — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I mean, people just have a lot on their mind. Once they've accepted terms with the camera, you just kind of let… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
A lot of nonfiction filmmakers try to hide the fact that there's a camera filming everything, and they make the subjects pretend… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
A lot of the time, people are themselves on camera. Even if you start recording and they change a tiny bit, it's… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
There's a psychotic amount of footage that I get. I watch 100 percent of it from every single camera department, including my… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
You can tell immediately if someone wants to be recorded or not. And in that moment, when they give you an inch… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I've been making movies my whole life pretty much since I was 10 or 12, with my dad's movie camera that he… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I don't have a GoPro attached to me at all times, but I try to raise the camera when it feels right. — John Wilson Copy Share Image
There's this weird kind of thing that happens once the camera's out. And it's a person-by-person thing how the camera will affect… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I organize all my footage by the date it was shot, and then arrange everything in a timeline once I begin a project. I… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
Sometimes people are very kind of uptight and they're not really sure how to behave, but after time they open up sometimes. I have… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I think that obsessively documenting everything sometimes gives me a reason to go out and experience things. — John Wilson Copy Share Image
You can tell immediately if someone wants to be recorded or not. And in that moment, when they give you an inch and you… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
The guy that taught me how to cook risotto lives right down the street and I see him all the time. I go to… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I got sick and tired of my lady wearing ugly underwear to bed, so I turned to the Internet. — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I feel like the most interesting imagery out there does not have me in it. — John Wilson Copy Share Image
You know, I've struggled with a certain amount of social anxiety throughout my life, and the best tool that I feel like one could… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
