Quotes from Max Joseph

The truth is complicated, and few people are actually monsters.

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

What's easy to forget once you're minorly famous is how nerve-racking it is to walk up to someone famous and interrupt them. When I'm taking a picture with a fan, it's not uncommon for their hands to be shaking or for me to feel their heart pounding through their rib cage. But the best part is how easy it is for me to make someone's day.

I'm a fairly neurotic person.

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.

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

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

The safest person, sometimes, is a stranger on the Internet who lives in a different place. If they're a daily source of support and advice, no one really wants to lose that once they have it. If they know deep down that the person they're talking to isn't exactly who they say they are, it's not worth finding out.

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

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 I was 19, I did an internship in Los Angeles and lived with a friend of mine in the Valley.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

I've been a fan of electronic music for a while.

Electronic music has existed since the '70s, and it's almost comical how many subgenres of it there are.

I was an English major.