Top 50 Max Joseph Quotes

I worry about revealing too much of my life on my Instagram posts.

I think making electronic music isn’t much different from writing a book or painting a picture or making a film. It’s a creative process, and it’s an art form.

This idea that in America you can be anyone you want – you can reinvent yourself. Well, I think that the Internet has maybe taken that kind of American idea and has democratized it for the world.

I’m a fairly neurotic person.

If you live in a big city, and you’re surrounded by people, you’re way more in touch with humanity than you would be if you lived in a very remote area and just spent all day long on the computer.

‘Trainspotting’ is among my favourite films of all time.

I am a huge Sublime fan, and I think their music immediately puts you in SoCal when you listen to it.

I think people throw the term ‘sociopath’ around a lot without knowing what it means – but people who don’t understand that what they’re doing is mean and wrong and cruel, they need to be made to understand that.

Those elements that make ‘Catfish’ so interesting to watch, elements of deception and mystery, make any movie or any piece of content exciting to watch. It makes characters complex and interesting.

The less you know about the person, the more you fill in the rosiest details.

Oddly, I think that a lot of the haters of EDM and DJs are actually within the world of electronic music.

I’ve never had a crazy online relationship that’s left me vulnerable and embarrassed and humiliated.

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.

When you want to fall in love, you ignore red flags in the optimistic hope that it does work out.

As someone who’s been a filmmaker and an editor, I was wary of being on camera.

Book stores drive me insane because I know that I will never be able to read everything I want to in my lifetime.

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 find reggae is really nice in the morning.

I grew up in New York City. We used to diss Long Island and Jersey. Every big city has its own suburb like that.

I have long been a fan of Holy Ghost! and think they’ve got the best dance grooves around.

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 don’t know why we have this shame about obesity, but it’s kind of a good thing that we have this shame about obesity – we shouldn’t accept the fact that everyone is obese.

As the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, our president is more than a list of policies. They set the tone of our national character.

I think with social media and Instagram, people are able to see what’s over the fence of everyone else, and it all seems within reach.

I feel like there are probably more films about white male friendships than almost any other types of movies.

One thing we see a lot is this – the idea kids have now that they don’t have to go to college. They don’t have to get a real job. They feel they can become ‘Internet famous’ by taking selfies. They think they can become a star through social media. We see that a lot. You can succeed. But it takes time and persistence.

Trump’s hate-filled rhetoric, blatant chauvinism, mean bullying, and open admiration of authoritarian rulers are more than just hints of what’s to come if he is elected.

If you’re not catfishing someone for romantic reasons, then it’s going to be hard to sympathize and be compassionate with someone who is doing it for revenge, who’s doing it for fun and games, who’s doing it because they want to be on TV.

I’m from New York City. I grew up in the city. Suburban life was very odd to me.

The Juan McLean is great.

I was an English major.

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.

When I say I’m famous, I’m not kidding myself. I know my place in the celebrity kingdom – right at the bottom next to reality-show contestants, local politicians, and day-players on ‘Law & Order.’

I spend a lot of time hanging out with kids in their early twenties who feel like they’ve messed up and have really screwed up in a lot of ways. We spend a lot of time talking to them and saying, ‘You can change that.’

When you grow up Jewish, you are exposed at a very young age to the phenomenon of anti-Semitism and its extreme manifestation in the Holocaust. I spent a lot of time as a little kid wondering how something like that could happen.

I don’t know why so many people seem upset about the fact that Nev Schulman and I are so against Trump.

A lot of times in films, the protagonist is either the leader of the group or the nerd of the group. I’ve never identified with either of those things.

I don’t think the Internet is necessarily a dangerous place. It’s only dangerous if you don’t make people earn your trust. You can’t take people at their word. You got to do a little digging and make sure to verify that you are talking to a real person or the person that you think you’re talking to.

Manti Te’o got catfished. It happens.

The thing I really love about ‘Saturday Night Fever’ is that the movie is a gritty drama. Most people just remember the amazing, whimsical fantasy dance scenes, but then, when you watch it again, it’s raw.

Most people who recognize me don’t even know my name. They just yell out ”Catfish!” or ‘Where’s Nev?’ or sometimes just ‘Nev!’

There is a lot of sadness in America.

I put a lot of time and energy into studying the art of filmmaking, but I hadn’t put a lot of energy or time into the art of learning how to manage people.

What I like so much about Vero – the app and the community – is that it offers the perfect venue to share my work and myself with like-minded, curious people and without the negativity and hate that can come in other online forums.

When it comes to creating a product or running a company, you need to prioritize the goal of the company or the creation of the product over and above every personal interaction you have.

In documentaries, the process is that you film a lot of things, and out of what you’ve shot, something organically reveals itself, and there’s a discovery process.

As fame becomes more democratized, we might all have to start struggling with the powers, anxieties, and responsibilities of being a minor celeb.

When you make a movie with a lot of music in it, you can’t always put all the songs onto the soundtrack. They just don’t all fit.

I love bridge-and-tunnel characters. In some respects, they have a chip on their shoulders, but they’re proud of where they’re from. They’re fun and colorful.

‘In the Grace of Your Love’ is a beautiful, eerie dance song.