Elodie Yung Quotes

I learn lessons with every interview I give.

Training is fabulous because it gives you a basis, a strong structure, so that when you're unbelievably nervous and you think that you can't get a word out, you will get the word out.

It's weird, I actually like doing interviews now.

My own experience with being interviewed is mixed. I suppose they're a part of my job, and as I would like readers to connect with my books, I do them. I've also made many lifelong friends whom I first encountered as interviewers - as a writer, they're a terrific way to meet and add smart new people to one's life.

I'm constantly struggling in interviews to engage and finish sentences, because I am being asked personal questions from somebody I don't know.

Opening up is something I have to learn how to do if I'm going to be in this business.

My greatest career mistake is giving interviews.

Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.

I'm working hard not only during training, but also studying English to talk to the crowd and respond by myself during interviews.

I think sometimes people get distracted in interviews.

There are few things that will take you further in life, than your ability to make a good presentation.

I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences, no other public appearance, whether on radio, TV or the lecture platform, could hold any terrors for you.

I don't really like doing interviews.

I take improv classes. Improv is something I can use in any aspect of life.

I sometimes find that in interviews you learn more about yourself than the person learned about you.

When you start at catering college, nobody prepares you for a book tour or public speaking.

There have been many times when I've been asked to appear and I'd say to myself, what am I going to talk about? Early on, when I did interviews, I'd tell everyone, Don't ask me about dates. I don't even remember what I did yesterday.

I'm frightened of interviews.

I decided I would open this little actors' workshop I always told actors to look for. That gave me something to do on Wednesday nights, and after about a year of that, I realized that some of the things I was saying to actors probably had broader application. I ran into a magazine called 'Speakers For Free.'

Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work on a lot. I went to North Carolina School of the Arts; my speech teacher... that was one of the things we really had to work on over the years, and thankfully I think it finally worked.

I don't even know what a traditional producer is or does. I feel like the job is like being a coach, building good work habits and building trust. You want to get to a point where you can say anything and talk about anything. There needs to be a real connection.

I've never really done any interviews as myself.

People always think I hate doing interviews. I don't. I wouldn't do them if I didn't like them.

I was just very shy. I was never anxious to do talk shows, as I didn't know what to say. And I don't feel I have any inherent interest. But as I'm getting older, I feel I want to be able to share whatever I know if it means something to someone.

I think, for me, I should have worked harder on my mic skills, and I should have been a lot easier to deal with, and I would have been pushed a lot better.