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“We've seen the worst that human beings are capable of. We've seen what happens when leaders abandon common decency in favor of rage and hate. Through the lens of history, the Holocaust happened yesterday, the civil rights movement was this morning, so we are not as out of the woods as we might have thought.”
“There's something unique about coming of age in 2015 with the way the world is.”
“The traveling that 'Catfish' affords us and the cross-section of America that we see on a constant basis, I would have never gotten that living in the bubble that is Los Angeles or going home to visit my parents in the bubble that is New York.”
“I worry about revealing too much of my life on my Instagram posts.”
“I love the tradition of male coming-of-age films like 'Saturday Night Fever' or 'Mean Streets' or 'Go.' I love those films that work music into those stories.”
“I am a huge Sublime fan, and I think their music immediately puts you in SoCal when you listen to it.”
“The biggest affront to any audience is if you feel like someone took something you love and is selling it out.”
“As fame becomes more democratized, we might all have to start struggling with the powers, anxieties, and responsibilities of being a minor celeb.”
“Oddly, I think that a lot of the haters of EDM and DJs are actually within the world of electronic music.”
“The truth is complicated, and few people are actually monsters.”
“We all have excuses. We could all take all of the things that have happened to us over the course of our lives and use them as excuses for being cruel to others.”
“I've been a fan of electronic music for a while.”
“'Catfish' is a great project that we have a blast doing, and it's really fun and at the zeitgeist in the world - certainly in the U.S., hopefully in the U.K. and I imagine the rest of the world. Being at the centre of this discussion and this subject has been really incredible as both a filmmaker and someone who likes to participate in pop culture.”
“No one has it easy, and to some degree, everyone feels lonely and powerless, which may cause them to make hurtful decisions.”
“We've had Obama for eight years, who, to me, is a model of integrity, sensitivity, empathy. He's wise, he's patient, he maintains his composure, and I would have voted for him again.”
“On 'Catfish,' I'm a co-host and onscreen cameraman, maybe the second onscreen cameraman after Wes Bentley's turn in 'American Beauty,' which is funny and ironic. But before that, I'd been doing a lot of creative nonfiction.”
“It's not that what LCD Soundsystem and Juan MacLean do is necessarily simple, but they are basic loops and beats and songs that are just pleasurable in a really basic way.”
“Getting everyone on the same team is a form of hustling.”
“I have long been a fan of Holy Ghost! and think they've got the best dance grooves around.”
“I'm a documentary filmmaker, I know what it means to craft a story, especially when you've shot a lot of material.”