There's a magic phrase that instantly shuts scientologists down: "I don't have any money." Sometimes you have to follow it up with "No, not even a little." The poor are not welcome in the realm of scientology.

what a lovely, humorous, honest, humble man!

what I love about Louis is that he doesn't take himself too seriously

Louis is the gold standard of documentary makers but he's so modest about it.

Not only is Louis a great story teller , both written & Visual He's also a great listener He knows the questions to ask , when to ask them And when to sit back and listen Definitely my favorite documentary maker / journalist 👏 🙌 👌

FYI, it was a John Travolta who had influence over Clinton. Cruise was distanced from Scientology during that 1990s, when he was with Nicole Kidman.

It’s very refreshing to hear Louis talk about his father’s literary output and writing style. I’ve never seen him talk at length about his dad before.

Louis Theroux is possibly one of the greatest people living today. He's so knowledgeable, articulate and understanding. He also has a great sense of humour and even after all these years he's still so modest. I'm looking forward to his future work. I hope next year he'll do another mini-series of Weird Weekends to mark the show's 20th anniversary (and to round up the number of episodes to 20).

They could have edited out that cough-snort near the beginning! Poor old Louis!

Loved him ever since TV Nation--Michael Moore deserves credit for discovering and giving a platform to Louis's brilliance right from the start.

Louis is not only a great documentary maker, he is also a really nice guy too. I'd love to buy him a pint down the pub and talk about his views on life.

Huge Theroux fan - hope to see more of him in the future.

One of the best most interesting trustworthy docu-makers ever !! He creates a unique connection with those he tells a story about because they trust him. If his name is involved in whatever, that stands for quality and honesty !! Fantastic story-teller…..Cheers……….

I remember discovering Louis around 2003-4.I love his shit.I lost track of him for a few years unfortunately.Now I am checking out his stuff.He is Awesome

love that rhcp album, and actually most of your work! please keep up making journalism of this quality please! We love our docs!

Bloody good interview DP!

I adore this guy !! I rarely watch tv but if I do it’s usually documentaries.. how did I miss this humble genius??🤷‍♀️❤️❤️

he had some GREAT scientology pieces that have disappeared since he made "my scientology movie" they actually got much deeper into the church and creepier instances of being followed / harassed by people associated with the 'church'

Well God damn, Louis might be the greatest documentarian of our time. What a wonderful interview with our most incredible documentary maker. love you Louis.

Love Louis' work, and it's good to see a copy of Mother's Milk in the background :)

Watched Louis Theroux for years and have huge respect for him.. ✨✌🏼️💛💫😎

Any movement that absolutely shuns you and pressures everyone else that you know to disassociate themselves from you just because you don’t think like they do any more is a cult.

Ive been wanting to see this for ages

Love him. One of the few people you have interviewed who are actually interesting.

Louis is one of the best documentarians/interviewers if not the best.

love your videos DP!

One thing I learned from Paul Theroux is that there is an island of cannibal, perhaps reformed, who call humans 'long pig' because that's what we taste like. And what is the most popular food, by far, on this island? Spam. I never was able to look at spam in the same way again. And I feel conflicted if I learn someone likes or eats Spam....do I tell them cannibals think it tastes like 'long pig'? Thank you, Paul Theroux❤️ Oh, yes, and the island of arsonists was a hilarious story as well.

I really do love you ! Really enjoy your work!

Mothers Milk was a huge Chilli Pepper record when I was in high school.

I have seen Theroux since he did BBC2 documentaries i think in his twenties. I don't agree with his views on everything but he makes documentaries with BBC quality he has really high standards :) I also love how he tries to tell people's stories. Its really nice to see him being interviewed :) ty for.sharing

You've got to hand it to Louis-his programmes are rather ace.

I have missed you!!!!!!

Thanks for another interesting interview! Your videos should be trending on yt, and not these fake prank videos. Keep up the great work!

He's just brilliant.

Father Theroux is a wonderful story-teller/travel writer. He is a magnificent writer. On line with people like Kingley Amis. And Louis Jr. is an excellenter story-teller using a different medium.

His Scientology movie was beyond funny ; It was something else ! :-)

"Going Clear": Scientology. "Going Diamond": Amway. "Spot the difference" exercise... 1) Cult assimilation techniques. 2)Religion. 3) Charismatic Leadership (to be worshiped, exalted and edified) 4)Money-obsessed. 5) Cognitive Dissonance. 6) Distancing from family. 7)Distancing from societal values. 8)Penalties for leaving the Cult. 9) Mass Rally events (provided at a high cost) 10)Evangelical approach to recruiting. 11)....Why bother? Just see above. A Cult is a Cult is a Cult.... Any further Q's?

It's a great Documentary if you don't go into it with "Going Clear" in the back of your mind. Very different style and maybe even trying to tell a different story. Louis's documentary felt a little less about Scientology and what those who left went through and more about the people themselves. Glad to hear he is working on a new tv series and another Docu. I'm a big fan

Why cant I find the actual documentary anywhere 😭

I'm intellectually in love with L🙃

Louis PLEASE a docu on the psycho in the mad-house would be great !!!

I'm a simple man, I see Louis, I click.

A very very skilled and smart guy.He uses a soft non threat type of journalism that get ppl to relax and talk..

I love this man

I think he has The Specials first album behind the RHCP. Cool.

Scientology enroll guy says to me "go get the deed to your house and we'll get started". And I knew him from high School.

6’ 2” in a compact, no slack, luckily the seats go back

I find myself strangely attracted to Louie Theroux.

The fact that this opens on a copy of Mother's Milk makes me respect Louis infinitely more than I already did.

Yes Louis, tell the world.

High-Five's Louis for the 'pirate Joe' sound at 1:13 !

Louis is very good I missed his BBC show last week on this topic, if anyone has a link please and thanks !!

Never believe anything about ology unless they deny it.

This guy is a walking piece of art

Love Louis👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

going clear doc. was great too

For those of us who don't know about the inner workings of the "church", it was a fascinating documentary. I especially liked watching Rathbun become unhinged when the tables were turned. The fact that he was bragging about how vicious and ruthless he was towards anyone who criticized or left the organization, and was trying to control the reenactments shows me how full of shit some people can be when they deny being part of a cult.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Mothers Milk. Been years since I listened to that album.

The Eternal Louis

His father is Paul? Omg. Cannot describe his father's writing in words.

I see, (at least I think I see), Louis feeling quite upset and indignant. I in no way mean this in any bad way. It makes me appreciate him even more. Ah! Now he's getting into it. Ah! I saw you two on a later podcast/interview I think. Bloody Hell! There was SUCH a sudden voice/poise change. Wow! I would look up that moment, but I'm too transfixed. It's amazing.

great point about LRH and DJT!

I thought the documentary was an interesting angle on Scientology. It wasn't a whole lot of stuff I hadn't heard before, but I liked the concept. In it, though, you really get to see a new side of Marty Rathbun. I can see how short his temper is, and the way he talks about his time in Scientology really sounds like bragging. Like "I was the top dog, and I left just to teach Miscavige a lesson". I hadn't thought of it before, but it made sense to me when Louis mused that he seemed like he left when he started to fall out of favor. It seemed to me that Scientology gave him power over people to make their lives hell, and now on the outside he's trying to do the same thing, but to the "church" now. It can't be easy going up against them, so anyone who successfully executes a program or doc against the "church" gets a lot of respect from me!

Maybe there will be a director's cut for the people who found the movie unsatisfactory.

legend

It's great that Rathbun was on board for this but unfortunately as of late he's withdrawing his anti-scientology posts and is even criticizing those going it against it as being cultists. A sad turn of attitude....

love that beard close up

The man is awesome!

3:04 Worked for Joseph Smith.

My Scientology Movie was an excellent doc, Theroux style is hilarious but effective. :-)

Has Louis said anything about Marty Rathbun's now attacking defectors?

Mother's Milk

Click on video, go straight to comment section

Is his movie online to watch for free???

Somehow, sonically, Louis seems like he's on the verge of a yawn for the entirety of the interview.

louie is the best

where can i see my scientology story?

The decor behind confuses me... is this a furniture store (with electronics)?

HOLY SHIT

Louis Theroux is the Ferrero Rocher of documentaries!

More about the ...reality distortion field...yes......will check out Tony Ortega....

Louis is amazing and aside from his insanely great documentaries he is the original TROLL XD The way he does it is amazing........Louis Theroux....The Troll kingpin.

❤️❤️❤️

Interesting statement about not being diametrically apposed to subjects, however the Jimmy Saville case really got to you and so to finish this maybe if you dig a little deeper you could help people more rather than sitting on the fence?

Very happy to see this legend on dp - also love the fact i was the 69th like

I think South Park covered them well.

Red hot Chilli peppers album " mother's milk" behind his right shoulder on the bed, he's into great fucking music too, Louis is the best documentary maker no doubt about it.

And he’s got his own mind

I like Louis, but this was not his greatest documentary work. Other than watching Marty Rathbun in the process of unraveling right before he did a 180 and starting defending Miscavige and calling critics of Scientology the cult members, it really didn't bring anything new to the table.

I saw u at at natral history museum

red hot chilli peppers

He mentions a minibar -- wait so this a hotel room? Which comes equipped with a complimentary turntable and a vinyl copy of RHCP's shittiest album... lol I can almost read that little note on top "please enjoy your antiquated hipster music format on our trendy faux-vintage piece of shit suitcase turntable. Mustache wax and denim waistcoats for the ultra-hip available on request."

where's the movie?

The tough life of Louis...

Et tu Louis?

I thought this was about scientology, not LT.

My Scientology Movie is entertaining but it didn't really shed light on anything new, or anything that you can't readily find on google already for years. I think it's mostly targeted towards the people of the masses that are very much unaware of Scientology's practices.

he blew it with this piece of shit movie, and I love Louis!

This guy looks like he could be John Oliver's brother or something.

It's extremely disconcerting when our common interests are Used or Exploited for Religious Interests. I'm Catholic. EXTREMELY!