Ian Gillan Quotes

I like doing interviews. I really do.

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.

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.

I have interviewed face-to-face, sitting beside me, over 19,000 people.

I'm not a good interviewer.

My policy with interviewing is I'm not there to teach the people I'm across from a lesson.

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.

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

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

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

I think that any reporter or columnist will be a little more careful when doing interviews with me.

When you are interviewing someone, never let your camera person turn off the camera. The second you turn off the camera, they'll say the magic thing that you'd been looking for the whole interview. People want to relax after the performance is done. Don't be afraid of awkward silence. That is your friend.

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

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

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.

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

I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.

When you're interviewing someone, even your mother - you have to sort of deal with you have to get some objective space from yourself and the person but you also have to find what's the best way to get the information from that person.

An interview will seem very sane to me, and I'll find out that the journalist was laughing out of the side of his mouth half of the time.

If I interview somebody for an hour, I'm looking for four amazing minutes.

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

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

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.

I never do formal interviews. I don't use a tape recorder. I take notes but occasionally.