One of my greatest fears is there not being a record of something important. — John Wilson Being 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 Copy Share Image
I think that obsessively documenting everything sometimes gives me a reason to go out and experience things. — John Wilson Documenting Copy Share Image
Ron Howard is just a funny legacy director. As a film nerd, he's kind of a funny person to valorize. — John Wilson Director 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 Documentaries Copy Share Image
I always have my iPhone with me, so I'm never without some way to capture what I need to. — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I consider myself a bit of an eccentric, and I relate very deeply to other people that have niche obsessions. — John Wilson Eccentric Copy Share Image
This weird thing happens once you start looking for something. It often just begins to reveal itself to you, and you begin… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
I personally am inspired and motivated by all of these documentarians that came before me like Penelope Spheeris, Frederick Wiseman, and Nick… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
The only two requirements I have for a camera are that it turns on quickly and has a great zoom. — John Wilson Camera 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
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
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
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
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 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 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 Documentaries 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 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
I organize all my footage by the date it was shot, and then arrange everything in a timeline once I begin a… — John Wilson 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 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
I want to keep making more stuff that I want to see in the world that doesn't exist yet. — 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
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 Copy Share Image
It just bums me out when some people hear 'documentary,' and they think 'Blackfish.' — John Wilson Documentary 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
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 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
I have this weird thing where I have to process things emotionally on a stage rather than one-to-one, sometimes. — John Wilson 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 Copy Share Image
A lot of the bed bug industry is actually directed towards prevention rather than extermination. — 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
