I feel like the most interesting imagery out there does not have me in it. — John Wilson Feel Copy Share Image
I always have a little camera on me whenever I leave the house. — John Wilson Always Copy Share Image
People get tired once they can see a formula or recognize a formula or see repeat imagery. — John Wilson Imagery Copy Share Image
It just bums me out when some people hear 'documentary,' and they think 'Blackfish.' — John Wilson Documentary Copy Share Image
I want to keep making more stuff that I want to see in the world that doesn't exist yet. — John Wilson Exist Copy Share Image
I have this weird thing where I have to process things emotionally on a stage rather than one-to-one, sometimes. — John Wilson Emotionally 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 Camera Copy Share Image
There is a lot of weird profiling that happens in the casting process of any big production, and I don't think there's… — John Wilson Actor Copy Share Image
I want to remove all artifice from my work, in a way, by just having a very direct relationship with the people… — John Wilson I am Copy Share Image
I just like to explore different communities that I haven't seen represented in other media. — John Wilson Communities Copy Share Image
Everybody has a different walk to Manhattan. Your walk depends on where you work, where you want to live, and how much… — John Wilson Live Copy Share Image
It's rare to have the resources we had with HBO to basically create whatever prop we wanted, chase whatever lead we wanted.… — John Wilson Create Copy Share Image
That's what I feel like video and film can do best is create an archive, a document of a very specific time… — John Wilson Best Copy Share Image
The scariest thing was just entering the Bang Energy Life CEO's mansion in Florida. That was I think the fastest my heart… — John Wilson Energy 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 Camera 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.… — John Wilson Behave Copy Share Image
Yeah, I've had to film interviews, commercial interviews - you know, for money, growing up and stuff where I felt like I… — John Wilson Felt Copy Share Image
New York City is the best character - it's constantly renewing itself, constantly regenerating itself, losing itself. It makes me want to… — John Wilson Best Copy Share Image
My obsession with documentary coincided with this job I had where I worked for a private investigator for about a year after… — John Wilson Documentary Copy Share Image
I was so obsessed with purity, going into the project of 'How To' as it was on HBO, and I was really… — John Wilson Escape 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 Camera Copy Share Image
When I moved back to New York as an adult, my first place had bed bugs, and I was also really lonely… — John Wilson First place Copy Share Image
I get so bored watching something when I begin to realize the pattern. — John Wilson Bored Copy Share Image
I have no interest in living forever. It sounds like a nightmare. — John Wilson Dying Copy Share Image
I usually display all of my personal issues in little memoir films. — John Wilson Film Copy Share Image
I think leaving people wanting more is the best thing you can do sometimes. — John Wilson Best Copy Share Image
I don't know why people are so afraid of just, like, doing something new. — John Wilson Fear Copy Share Image
Sharing your most intimate thoughts can be a disturbing and messy experience. — John Wilson Experience Copy Share Image