Eddie Trunk Quotes

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.

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

I am really bad at actually interviewing people.

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

I have a hard time with interviews, because I'd rather hear about the interviewer.

I'm not a very good interview, usually.

I'm not a good interviewer.

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

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'm frightened of interviews.

But unfortunately, I have to say, one out of every 100 interviews I do, I get a real journalist.

I have done a lot of interviews over the years, so you think I would know how to handle difficult questions, etc. But the truth is, I don't.

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 think the good ones, the interviews and the promos people remember, those are improv.

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

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

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.

Job-interviewing is just a skill. Like any skill, some people have more of a predisposition for it than others.

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.

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.

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

I would rather not have contentious interviews. I'd rather do 30 minutes with Charlie Rose, laid back in a La-Z-Boy chair.