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Sean: Yeah, the fact that they're stalking someone like Tiffany, who most people don't even remember who she is, is more unusual than stalking Britney Spears.Yeah, Britney belongs to a lot of people. Maybe Tiffany's a more attainable fantasy.
Yeah, and while Tiffany's faded out of the limelight they still hold on to her as big as she was.

I guess if you're as huge as she was, even for a moment, you can make an impression on people. But I was surprised too, there's this fan club, this True To Tiffany group on Yahoo, and there are a couple of thousand people in that group and they post stuff all the time, it's very active.
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No, when Jeff first started talking about her I didn't even know who she was. He'd say "My friend Tiffany, she's a singer", and it meant nothing to me till I looked her up and remembered. But everything I know about Tiffany is through Jeff. He's like, "Tiffany showcased her comedic talents on the 1989 Bob Hope Special." So I have all these kind of facts in my mind now.

Yeah, it wasn't necessary, I kind of like that she's this person that Kelly and Jeff look up to so much. When you talk to her and she's just talking about normal stuff, it kind of takes away the mystery of it all.She said in Entertainment Weekly that she wasn't happy with the film.
Yeah, I don't know why she would say that. I think she thought it was making fun of the fans. She hasn't seen it, but her agent told me we did a really good job. He thought it was better for her not to see it.You don't really go into it in the film, bit it's a sort of sideways look at the dangers of celebrity culture and how we hold these people up.
Yeah, a little bit. It's fascinating how much these two very different people have in common. They both don't have a job, they both hang out at home a lot, they're both much more cut off from society than most people are and are alone. Because of their disabilities and social awkwardness they've both got to this place, and they're older now and have limited interaction with other people. They both watch a ton of TV, read a lot of magazines, so both of them are living vicariously. Everybody likes entertainment, but when you have very little else going on in your life, that sort of becomes your life.
It's weird how much information is published - Jeff and Kelly both know everything about Tiffany: What her favourite countries are, what her favourite foods are, who her favourite bands are, and they probably don't know that much about the other people in their life. Because of what's published in these magazines you can feel like you know somebody a lot better than you do. Jeff has an incredible memory, so he knows everything Tiffany's ever said publicly. He'll say, "Japan is Tiffany's favourite country to tour, and that's why I got her a samurai sword."
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Yeah, I think when she was younger the people around her were really freaked out, but as she's got older and seen him around for a few years she's realised he's basically just a big kid who wants to have photos with her, there's no major threat.

It's interesting because they're both sort of like children, they're not very sensitive about other people's feelings. They're very selfish and want to win everything and they don't necessarily know that's not a way to behave. Jeff said some things to her that were obviously very rude, like "You gotta work on your gut," but I think that's part of Asperger's.What's Kelly's mental condition exactly?
She says it's post-traumatic stress disorder. She talks about the bike accident she had and how she was in a coma for a while, and I know after that she wasn't just the same. We didn't want to listen to their sides of the story and then go to an expert for their opinion. It almost doesn't matter what's true and what's not true, because it's more interesting to hear what Jeff and Kelly have to say about themselves. The stories they tell are true for them. Because you hear the stories in the media about Tiffany's restraining order against Jeff, nobody ever really interviews him and asks to know what he was thinking, they just say he's crazy.
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Jeff's a very friendly guy. It's not that hard to get to know him. But yeah, that is one of the hardest parts of any documentary, having people trust you and knowing that you're not going to make them look as terrible as possible. And people have accused us of that, which is unfair.

I think if people are offended by the movie, they would be offended by Jeff and Kelly in real life. If people think we're making fun of them, they would be laughing in real life. All we can really do is present who they are. Some people think it's a sad film, some people think it's hilarious. I didn't intend to make it one or another.ALEX GODFREY