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I don't like doing interviews. There is always the problem of being misquoted or, what's even worse, of being quoted exactly.
North Korea threatened to attack if Sony Pictures released The Interview, forcing us all to pretend that we wanted to see it.
I've done hundreds of interviews on guns. I'm against people who use guns. I don't like guns, but I've never yelled at anyone.
I love doing photo shoots and interviews. I never feel like I'm wasting my time or I never feel tired. It's all just been fun.
I can't go to bed if I haven't done my diary. I always record them just as I've always recorded all my interviews and speeches.
What people consider my worst interviews were kind of the best, as well, in a way, because they were so surreal, like J Mascis.
I couldn't be touring unless my husband was on the road with me, taking care of our son while I'm onstage and doing interviews.
I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat.
I say really stupid things sometimes. When I go back and watch some of my old interviews from when I was younger, I just cringe.
If I do an interview, then I take full responsibility. I figure I'm not going to talk to anyone that I think is unethical anyway.
People ask me what my hobbies are in interviews, and I always say biking. But all I bike for is to get to rehearsal more quickly.
Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.
I get recognised a fair bit. It goes up when Peep Show or the sketch show is on the telly or when were doing loads of interviews.
In a perfect world, I would never do any interviews, and probably there would be one photo out there of me, and that would be it.
That's the thing about interviews, at some point you're going to change your mind. But it's there forever and you can't escape it.
Interviewing friends is a tough one. Your duty to the interview must transcend your friendship. Occasionally you'll lose a friend.
If I'm doing a talk show or an interview, or pretty much anything where I can't control the context, I'm loath to do the character.
I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.
I entered the work force cleaning breast pumps at a pharmacy! It was a part-time gig while I was at school... no interview required.
I don't read a word that's written about me. I don't read my own interviews. I don't read reviews. I think it would drive me insane.
Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine.
I don't want to be in my 'interview zone' mode. I've been doing a lot of interviews and I'm very self-aware of how I'm coming across.
I think kids relate to me because I have some ability to remain a little bit naive. Even during interviews. Mostly during interviews.
I'm practically an actor. Even when you do an interview, it's like you're performing a little bit, so yeah, I'm enjoying it, it's fun.
I've spent days in cinemas answering questions from the audience, in interviews, travelling abroad, and all they do is thank me nicely.
You have to be a warrior and say, "Maybe it's everyone else's system, but it's not mine." (from her recent interview here, on Goodreads)
Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That's not an interview. It's like they're just saying my quotes back to me.
Writers have told me more than once that I'm a better interview in defeat than in victory, which is a compliment I am extremely proud of.
It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.
I've always just wanted to play ball, that's all. I didn't want to do no interviews, because I didn't want to be bothered with reporters.
I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum.
In the very few interviews I've made, it doesn't matter how long we've talked to each other, the headline is still just about my paycheck.
I am quite a shy person. You say that to people, and they say, 'You do interviews, speeches. How can you be shy?' But, fundamentally, I am.
If you think I'm just another pretty face, read my Facebook updates, read my articles, read the interviews I've done and judge for yourself.
I remember when I was in 'Matilda,' we would have interviews in the day, and then we'd go to a show, and it's just, like, absolutely insane.
Trump has hated Amazon for a long time, and I think that that came out in many interviews that he's done with 'Vanity Fair' and with others.
Mick Fleetwood was one of my first interviews. And if you've ever talked to that dude, he's the sweetest guy in the world - he's just a trip.
If she could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!
If you do an interview in 1960, something it's bound to change by the year 2000. And if it doesn't, then there's something drastically wrong.
If a person hides the truth or says something fake on variety shows or interviews, it will still be found out no matter how careful they are.
I loved John Lennon. I read interviews, and whatever he said he liked, I would go and listen to them. That is what I want to do with my fans.
I always like the idea of doing interviews with somebody but completely seriously not ever mentioning what that person is generally known for.
I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context.
I've been watching a lot of Joan Didion interviews on YouTube. I love her. My drummer has gotten me into looking at Terence McKenna interviews.
You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.
In a radio interview [Ted] Cruz compared [Donald]Trump`s behavior to schoolyard children throwing taunts at each other, vowing not to take part.
As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it.
It's the interviewee's job to know that his privacy is going to be invaded on some level. Otherwise, you are better off not doing the interview.