I'm an observer in life, not a participant. That's why I'm a documentarian who looks through a camera. I'm not a touchy-feely person; I'm not a seminar person.
I'd always loved what went on in skateboarding. I'd never skated myself, but I loved the graphics - I really liked the rebelliousness of it.
I can go to a lot of games, but I'm not a player. I'm kind of an observer. That's why I think I do what I do in life. I just observe. That's what I find fascinating.
You are not an active creator of the film.
I don't like work like that. I am the silent partner. I work through events, I live on the sidelines, I dabble in causes and effects, I watch how the misbegotten creatures of this world live their lives.
You can be on a good team and not play at all.
If people were like me, there would be no mob, because I don't play that game.
There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.
I like playing the guy on the sidelines. They have more fun.
At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it.
we're watchers of this world aren't we? not players
Outsider means "I will accept the possibility that I don't have responsibility for what is happening inside my domain."
I wouldn't go to a club just to stay on the subs' bench.
I'm just a friendly bystander who they occasionally ask questions of. That's my level of involvement.
Didja ever get one of them girls who just wants to watch the show?