I try to turn these bad things that happen to me into something good. The worst feeling in the world is when… — John Wilson Bad Copy Share Image
Pseudonyms make it a little easier to shift perspective and approach the subject matter with the appropriate persona. That also may be… — John Wilson Looking Copy Share Image
It's really interesting how acting looks in real life when you remove the production. — John Wilson Acting Copy Share Image
“ Tickler : I hate novelties. Is the prosecution mania about to subside, think you? Now-a-days, every word is said to be… — John Wilson Libel Copy Share Image
One of the movies I made was this film where I go on Court TV and I wear a bunch of hidden… — John Wilson Cinema Copy Share Image
A lot of documentaries are about something that already happened, but I think people are kind of afraid to let the story… — John Wilson End 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 Hard Copy Share Image
One of my greatest fears is there not being a record of something important. — John Wilson Being Copy Share Image
There's a lot of communities and ways of connecting that I want to elevate and just make people feel more comfortable embracing… — John Wilson Connecting 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 Camera Copy Share Image
I feel like so much of what passes as documentary or reality TV is just so over-edited, and you don't get a… — John Wilson Documentary Copy Share Image
I don't like to talk about big ideas until I start formally working on it. — John Wilson Art form 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 Comedy Copy Share Image
Basically if someone is willing to talk to me and have something interesting to say, I just stay with them for as… — John Wilson Long Copy Share Image
I have a little collection of miniature toilets that I'm going to try to display somewhere, maybe. — John Wilson Collection Copy Share Image
The constant struggle with loneliness is something that I feel like a lot of people can identify with. — John Wilson Constant struggle Copy Share Image
I'd burn DVDs and make VHSs of all my work that I would sell to the kids in school. I would get… — John Wilson Burn Copy Share Image
I made a movie every single day growing up. It was just so fun to be able to make your friends laugh. — John Wilson Day Copy Share Image
Just the more people you talk to, the higher the probability is you'll get something that's really one of a kind. — John Wilson More Copy Share Image
The documentary in reality very much operates with these stereotypes in mind. You're either good or evil, you're either righteous or a… — John Wilson Evil Copy Share Image
It's like, I don't ever want the imagery to become stale; I don't want the quality of the memoir material to ever… — John Wilson Feel 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 Forward Copy Share Image
