Quotes About Interviews

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.

The point is the 'me' that you see before you is not the 'me' in my private little space, shape-shifting into the writing role, nor is it the 'me' that works with the actors. Here, at the end of the film doing interviews, I feel like I'm in disguise.

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.

I like doing interviews. I really do.

I've never really done any interviews as myself.

I don't really like doing interviews.

If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.

I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their life-story and it would be a big success. Or should be.

I'm always trying to get those interviews that are impossible to get, because they are the ones that are most interesting to the audience.

I'm frightened of interviews.

That's quite a difficult thing in life, to be who you are. And when you are doing interviews, you kind of feel this need to say something interesting.

My fan following is intact. They only like to see me in movies, which I am still doing for them. I do not need to do any long interviews or chat shows.

When I sit down to talk to men's magazines, there's a certain character that I play. She's not fully fleshed out - she doesn't have her own name - but she shows up to do men's-magazine interviews.

You need that marketing power. You need to go do the interviews. You need to put yourself out there and risk and be open to the fact that people are going to not like you, and they are just going to rip you apart, and whatever you say in an interview can get quoted out of context.

I hate doing interviews. I get really bored talking about me.

When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.

I've always loved working, doing interviews with the guys on the 'Today' show; everyone's really easygoing, and I always feel comfortable on the show.

I'm not used to interviews. People don't generally interview waitresses.

Over the last 20 years, everyone who interviews me feels compelled to ask at least one question about 'The Island of Dr. Moreau.'

Hiring's tough. It's not just filtering through hundreds of applications and blocking out big chunks of your day for interviews - those are the simple parts. The difficult thing is the nagging feeling that, despite your best efforts, the perfect candidate will somehow fall through the cracks.

One thing that's always helped quell my writerly anxieties is seeking out interviews with writers I admire.

When interviews are too cosy, I don't enjoy them.

I prefer to do in-person interviews, but it's all a part of the job, and I love talking about these movies so much.

Even the bad interviews I think you learn from. They make you better.