E198: Louis Theroux: "The Thing That Makes Me Great At Work, Makes Me Bad At Life!"
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
FlightStory
4.6 • 13.2K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2022
⏱️ 105 minutes
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Summary
From his recent global TikTok fame to his BAFTA award-winning documentaries Louis Theroux has delighted audiences and grown a cult following with his distinctive brand of personality. Best know for his documentary series ‘Weird Weekends’, and ‘When Louis Met……’ Louis has explored the most controversial subjects with wide eyed curiosity and openness. In this conversation Louis discusses how his childhood and upbringing affected his career, channeling his anxiety and social awkwardness into his work of exploring the darker aspects of human psychology and behaviour. He also talks about how his work has evolved and grown, from his initial big break in America to his new series of celebrity interviews, and how he has had to balance this with his family life. Just like with his documentaries, in this episode Louis brings his trademark honesty and openness
Topics:
Early context
Your early relationship with work
Affection
What is your dark-side
Struggling to connect with people
Feeling anxious doing new things
Your new series
Conforming vs being disruptive
Feeling like an imposter
Are you now aware of what people saw in you?
How do you remain happy?
How do you connect with all these people?
You must be good at connecting with your partner….?
Being insincere
Neglecting your personal life for work
Your experience with anxiety
Your mental health
The last guest's question
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What makes me good at my job is also what makes me bad at life. |
| 0:05.0 | This is maybe more than you bargained for. |
| 0:08.4 | Well, that's good. It does include everyone. |
| 0:12.0 | The money doesn't drink or drink. |
| 0:13.6 | It's a cathedral of porn. |
| 0:15.6 | That's a little offensive. |
| 0:16.8 | You're a very fascinating person. |
| 0:18.6 | How do you connect with people? |
| 0:20.5 | I'm just so curious about what takes someone to that place. |
| 0:25.9 | Why people do the things that they do? |
| 0:28.1 | The question I get asked most often is, |
| 0:29.9 | how do you not get angry with some of these people, |
| 0:32.2 | especially the ones who are spewing hate? |
| 0:34.4 | If people see your attempt to wrestle intimacy from them, |
| 0:38.0 | that's never going to go well. |
| 0:39.2 | I think also, there's some part |
| 0:40.6 | that maybe other person's got to figure it out and I haven't. |
| 0:43.6 | Your former wife said, |
| 0:45.3 | there's nothing real about you. |
| 0:47.3 | Jimmy Savoel, he also said something about |
| 0:49.7 | insincerity being your speciality. |
| 0:52.4 | This girl, glad you brought that up. |
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