Press Engagement Quotes

There are certain times you rattle the press's cages, and other times you don't, and you have to be discerning about it.

Doing press is like eating at McDonald's: while it's going on it's vaguely enjoyable - you're seduced by your own vanity and taking yourself rather seriously - but immediately afterwards you feel sick.

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

In politics, you don’t have to love the press; you don’t even have to like the press, but you sure as hell have to feed the press.

In an ideal world, everybody would find it easy to talk to the press... but not everybody is so excited.

I don't know if Gary Johnson is out there doing a campaign, actually. I think he's talking to press a little bit, but I don't think they hold events.

People say to me, 'You don't seem that interested in interviews.' Well, you know, I'm not, often. I'm not going to talk tactics with the press, so you are left with talking about how you are feeling; for me, it is not the most interesting thing to be doing.

You have to give the press confrontations. When you give them confrontations, you get attention; when you get attention, you can educate.

Al McGuire talked to me I don't know how many times about dealing with the press: "You've got to be a con man." I tried that for a day or so, but it never really worked for me.

I enjoy the press. I understand their business.

The UN was very media-shy, and its relationship with the press was very controlled; although periodically I spoke to the press, the rule was, only the secretary-general speaks to the press; only the secretary-general makes... So you would see many situations where under-secretaries-general would come in and speak. I opened that, and I encouraged all of them to speak in their areas, whether it was peacekeeping or humanitarian efforts.

I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way.

I do not speak frequently or otherwise to the press.

Doing the press, it's part of my job, so I do it with a smile on my face, but I'm not comfortable in the hot seat.

It's so much easier to do press if you take positions that the press likes than to take conservative Republican positions.

I personally have a pretty open philosophy about trying to talk to the press, and so does Dan Bartlett.

I want to have a great open relationship with our press.

You do a lot of press, but getting to talk and discuss movies with your peers is the best and most fulfilling part.

I still find to give an interview to be difficult, as any person who deals with the press will tell you. That's why it's nice, with this one, to talk to a friend. But sometimes with a coffee and a friendly smile, I suddenly start talking without thinking about how it's going to be read.

I love telling press the designers I'm wearing, especially if they are emerging. That's exciting to me, supporting talented newcomers.

A lot of people from the press want to talk to me, but they never do.