Joan Rivers Quotes

I'm not a good interviewer.

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.

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.

I like doing interviews. I really do.

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.

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 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.

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

I'm the best interviewer in the whole format. Except for Howard Stern, I'd put myself against anybody. Because I ask human questions.

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

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

I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.

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.

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

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

I'm frightened of interviews.

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.

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

Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous.

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