Maria Bamford Quotes

I'm not a good interviewer.

I like doing interviews. I really do.

In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say.

Interviewing is tough, especially if you don't know what you're looking for.

You've gotta understand - when you interview someone, it's not an interrogation. It's not the Nuremberg Trials.

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

I'm frightened of interviews.

I have spent a long time being asked questions in interviews, so I've experienced it on the other side but I'm really not afraid to ask any question myself.

I think sometimes people get distracted in interviews.

Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous.

I think the long interview has an important life.

I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.

Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.

I do not believe that I have had an interview with anybody in twenty-five years in which the person to whom I was talking was not annoyed during the early part of the interview by my asking stupid questions.

When I'm interviewing somebody I don't work from prepared questions.

I feel like in an interview situation, it's a kind of intimacy that I can understand and handle - versus in real life, when I'm much more of a bumbler and have a hard time.

I'm not a very good interview, usually.

I think interviews are good when you are an actual fan of the person you are interviewing.

Because I come from the place of interviewing, I know how to answer a question giving you what you need to hear and not a minute more.

A lot of times, going into the interview, you have an idea of maybe what you want to talk about. And the people you are interviewing have an idea of what they want to talk about.

I have always felt that the only great thing about an interview is the questions that are asked.

I'm crap at interviews. I'm just not very good at sentences.

It is harder to lie in an interview. A good interview - and it can be polite - is not a one way street like a candidate controlled ad. An interview is not programmed by the candidate and so the candidate can't be exactly sure what will be asked.

Rarely does an interviewer ask questions you did not expect. I have given a lot of interviews, and I have concluded that the questions always look alike. I could always give the same answers.

I am really bad at actually interviewing people.