Jane Clayson Quotes

I'd rather go to the White House Correspondents' dinner than any awards show.

When you cover the White House, which I've done on and off, it's relatively straightforward - everything the president does is news.

Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.

I got into the Kennedy White House because at the time I was president of the Women's National Press Club, and they assigned me to cover the early days of the Kennedy campaign. Jackie especially. Everyone was interested in the family.

I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure.

My favorite actors are Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio and Will Smith - guys like that.

If I am communicating to my readers exactly what the White House believes on any certain issue, that's reporting to them an unvarnished, unfiltered version of what they - the Administration - believe.

Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it is so beautiful, I have some sense of, 'Hey, that's where I work, and Jimmy is President now.' But day in and day out, it's a job.

The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves.

I think it would be so much fun to be in the White House.

I had some adventures at the White House, but hardly enough to fill a full memoir.

Pennsylvania Avenue

The White House seems to be a sound-proof booth.

I don't particularly want to be in the White House.

Courtney Love is so famous among journalists for her loquaciousness that the joke is that you don't have to worry about questions when you interview her - just be sure you have lots of tape.

Who knows? Maybe someday I'll be living in the White House.

I've always wondered: is there really any access to the White House?

I've seen Jay-Z and Kanye West. I've seen actors like Tom Hanks and Nicholas Cage.

I never thought I'd be covering the White House. I never thought I'd be covering the White House for CNN. And I never thought I'd be covering the White House for CNN while Donald Trump was president.

I have the utmost respect for red carpet interviewers; it is such a hard job.

I've always been an outsider. I think, being in the White House press corps, it's difficult to do the sort of journalism that I would want to do.

I guess the White House is kind of confining.

I was in sixth grade. I loved TV news. I acknowledge that I was also in awe of Barbara Walters interviewing Patrick Swayze and dancing with him.

Tonight I'll be interviewing Ken Watanabe, Keisha Castle Hughes, Benecio Del Toro and Djimon Honsou - and yes, those are actors, not caterers.

The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of.