TV Tattler: Celebrity Interviews
Continued: Morgan Spurlock Takes a Bite Out of the Big Issues
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What has surprised you the most after doing a season?
We were really concerned at the beginning because we first pitched the idea to the network that I was going to do every episode. I was going to immerse myself in these environments and explore these issues every week. Logistically, it is an impossibility. It would take 10 months to make six episodes. Basically, I was told in no uncertain terms by my girlfriend that I wouldn't have a girlfriend for very long if I did that. So I made a conscious decision to say, "OK, we are going to let other people do the show."
Not an easy decision?
There was a concern how would this translate if you let other people go on this journey. To me, it even translates better to have these people who are so passionate and so invested in the things they believe and let their guard down and be challenged by someone else.
What were some of the craziest moments that shocked you in season one or season two?
I'm always amazed how people respond in these situations. Not so much shock, but for me it is wonderment to see how people react who have such staunch beliefs. To see how our border-patrolling Minuteman who has a soft spot for the people that he wants to deport. In the outsourcing episode, the guy whose job was outsourced goes to India and to see this guy start to build friendships and relationships who are basically doing his job now is pretty emotional.
What is your favorite and least favorite part of doing the show?
My favorite part of doing the show is to explore all these different issues over the course of a season. To be able to have six different topics that are so relevant in our country today is the most important thing for me. My least favorite thing is it is such a long arduous process. It is at least six months to make six episodes. It is massive. It is like making six short films.
If you could go back in time and give yourself advice -- how far would you go back and what would the advice be?
My best advice that I would have given myself is to be true to be my voice from the beginning. Anytime I talk to college kids and high school kids I tell them you need to find your voice and stand by it. It is easy to try and please everyone. It is harder to please yourself. If you find your voice and stand up, you will find success and more rewards than you can imagine.
When you are on the road, what do you eat? Are you ever tempted by fast food?
Of course, we are all tempted by fast food. Every time you see the sign, and walk by the door and get that smell. I just make the decision to go somewhere else. When I travel, I really try to make a rule and sometimes it gets broken, but I really try not to eat in airport because you can never find anything good to eat in an airport.
Because it would ruin your whole thing if you were seen eating at McDonald's?
(Laughs) Yeah, suddenly click, click, I'm in the Star and the Enquirer, "Spurlock guy is off the wagon."
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