Judy Sheindlin Quotes

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 like doing interviews. I really do.

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

I am really bad at actually interviewing people.

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

I have done a lot of interviews over the years, so you think I would know how to handle difficult questions, etc. But the truth is, I don't.

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'm crap at interviews. I'm just not very good at sentences.

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.

I'm not a very good interview, usually.

I have nothing against interviews. I don't pursue them. When people I work for deem it appropriate, I'm perfectly willing to serve.

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.

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

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.

Even if I'd wanted to work at Goldman Sachs, they weren't going to hire me, because I was saying things like, 'That's a dumb question' when I was asked something stupid in the interviews. I just didn't have a lot of respect for authority.

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'm not used to interviews. People don't generally interview waitresses.

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

I want to be a Kid Reporter because I would like to meet interesting people, and I also love being in front of the camera! As a Kid Reporter, I would love to learn how to be a better writer and interview people.

I think the long interview has an important life.

Rarely does an interviewer ask questions you did not expect. I have given a lot of interviews, and I have concluded that the questions always look alike. I could always give the same answers.

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.