The Telegraph has conducted a lengthy, and very cool interview with documentarian Louis Theroux. These were our favourite parts.
If nerd was a diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual [of Mental Disorders] you would check off…
No, not all of them — I’m not that good with computers. But I’ve got glasses, I’m not terribly sporty, I’m socially slightly awkward. So I do have those indicators
Sometimes I feel a bit socially disconnected in terms of being a little bit gullible about how people interrelate emotionally
My director said that in a couple of the interviews, it wasn’t completely clear which of us had the autism. It was like I was sort of on the spectrum as well. Arguably, there’s an emotional side of life that I’m not always completely plugged into.
Clearly I’m able to read emotions. But I do feel… What is it? Awkwardness. I’m not a slick dude. That’s what it comes down to. The nakedness, the guilelessness… that’s quite real.
It’s a losing game in the end, isn’t it, the idea of fame. Don’t you want to die lying in your bed thinking, ‘Actually, I think I did the right thing’?
To read the whole thing, click here.
[Source : Telegraph]
