Jonathan Dimbleby Quotes

I love being an anchor, as it gives you a chance to be yourself.

You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host.

Growing up, I was going to school for broadcast journalism. I wanted to be Oprah.

Though I work in broadcasting and host a daily radio show, I got my start in print journalism.

I want to be a journalist; I want to ask tough questions.

I always wanted to be a serious journalist.

I'm looking to do an honest job, and I don't have any Indian talk show as a reference point. I'm not looking down on them, but I want to do what Oprah did.

I started as a print reporter.

I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.

I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain.

I wouldn't want to be a talk show host. That's another awkward compliment people make. 'You should have your own talk show.' And I think, no thank you.

The main job requirement for a network-news anchor is thinking it's the only important job in the world. This is a field where solemn gravitas isn't a drawback; it's the whole point.

I wanted no other job than to work in newspapers. I was fascinated by the process of collecting information, talking to people and having the story appear in a paper that would be delivered in your letterbox.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

There are a million things I can think of that I would I want to do. Reporting like you, would be one. A talk show host maybe, also. I want to do a lot.

I'm a member of the media. I'm America's Anchorman.

I'm a journalist and, before, a next TV star.

My first newspaper job was a high school reporter for the 'New York Daily News.'

Question Time' had been on my fantasy bucket list for some time. Of all the jobs in broadcasting that's the job I knew I wanted to do.

I am thrilled to be joining 'CBS News' and to have the opportunity to collaborate with some of our profession's most talented journalists.

I always wanted to have a career in print and as a broadcaster.

I wrote to the local news guy when I was 12 years old. I said, 'What do I need to do to be you one day?'

The reporting I did was mostly entertainment or lifestyle. I took a very different approach than most reporters. I approached it more casually than you would think a reporter would. Now I'm a morning radio personality, and radio is really casual.

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

My job as a television anchor or television reporter is not to proselytize.