Media Identity Quotes

Don't call me a journalist; I hate the word. It's pretentious!

When I started 'This American Life', one of the reactions I got was, 'When is the adult going to show up who will host the show?' At some point, people just got used to it.

I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.

I'm a member of the media. I'm America's Anchorman.

It's bad enough that I'm an actress that wants to be recognized as an actress. Instead, I am known for doing game shows.

When you're independent and not attached to a major media organisation, they just look at you as if to say, 'Who are you again?'

We don't see ourselves as liberal or conservative. We consider ourselves an outlet that addresses the issues that matter the most to our audience.

I'm not toeing the line when I say BBC3 is an incredible channel - it has evolved and found itself.

The whole press thing and who you are in the media, or what you have to project yourself to be, it feels very much like another person. People say to me, "Oh, your life must be changing," and I'm like, "Uh, I guess?" For me, it's such a gradual change, and I don't see it from the outside like everybody else does. It's weird, I see my face on a bus or online or somebody has my picture as their picture on Twitter and it's all a bit weird and I feel very disconnected from it and very much, "I guess that's me." It's very surreal.