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 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
The guy that taught me how to cook risotto lives right down the street and I see him all the time. I… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I mean, I did have a good time doing the a cappella stuff when I was in college, and I think it… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
You know, a lot of my favorite moments in old, you know, fiction films or documentaries are the parts that capture things… — John Wilson 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 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 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 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
I try not to lean too hard into nostalgia or anything. My favorite time to shoot New York is right now. People… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
You know, it was painful in the moment when 'Jingle Berry' failed. But, you know, over the years, it became empowering in… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
It's not that I won't make personal things in the future. I just think the work is going to mutate in a… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate that a lot of the time in documentaries, the camera person isn't a personality. That's such a wasted opportunity. — 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
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
