Tommy Lee Jones Quotes

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

I'm not a good interviewer.

I like doing interviews. I really do.

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

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

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

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.

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

I think the long interview has an important life.

I'm happy to do interviews from time to time, but I don't find them that necessary - and that hasn't seemed to have affected people's understanding of our work.

When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.

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 am really bad at actually interviewing people.

Don't be the schmuck on the other side of the table. Don't get an interview with the guy. Be in the room with him while he's being interviewed by someone else.

I think interviews are good when you are an actual fan of the person you are interviewing.

I think there should be a reason tor people to be interviewed. For me, there's no real reason.

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.

You gotta do interviews every day, and they don't end well for some people, but I've never had one end where I don't shake hands at the end of the deal, including with the predators.

A lot of times, going into the interview, you have an idea of maybe what you want to talk about. And the people you are interviewing have an idea of what they want to talk about.

If you're coming to do an interview with me, you should know about me. It's not that it's 'cos I'm Wizkid; I'd even hate it if you were coming to interview my friend and asked him the same question. You're here for an interview, so you should know who you're doing the interview with.

Interview? Oh don't be ridiculous.

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

I think for more than half of my career, I have refrained from talking to the media.

I engage with a lot of journalists, some of them have history and some of them don't, that's not my concern. My concern is to make sure I represent the views I want to represent on those shows.