Media events Quotes

I don't mind doing the whole red carpet thing when I have to when it comes to publicizing a movie. But besides that, I don't like those kinds of things at all. Celebrity status is not really something that appeals to me.

I don't do movie junket-y things, because I don't really do movies that much.

Comic-Con is overwhelming when you have such a long day of press schedules.

I don't really rate press conferences. It's not as though I leave the room fist-pumping my way down the corridor after a good one.

There are too many awards shows.

The presidential and vice-presidential debates are those rare moments when people come together, but to even call them debates is a stretch because they're played by such negotiated rules, and they're so over-rehearsed.

All the media have their own award presentations.

Sometimes interviews are fun and good conversations, but stuff like photo shoots and appearances at places where you have to meet a lot of people - I was never really made for this kind of stuff.

A critical function that we journalists perform at political conventions is to try to get into parties that we have not been invited to. There are dozens of these parties, sponsored by large corporations with a sincere public-spirited desire to become larger.

All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn't feel natural for actors.

News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.

Every Hockey Canada event, the first day you just do a thousand interviews. You get used to it.

I don't want to pose either with Obama or with Merkel.

Because of my job, I get a lot of opportunity to grab a few days here and there in many cool cities for press commitments, magazine shoots and premieres - Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Paris, Stockholm, New York, Berlin. I always try to get to a gallery or museum if there's time.

I'm used to promoting books, but a movie is a very different thing. You have to go to film festivals and wear fancy clothes and try and look glamorous and intelligent when you're just terrified and you want to go home!