Ruud Gullit Quotes

I used to do a lot of interviews in the early '80s, when my career started, but it came to a point when I decided I didn't want to talk anymore, and people kind of understood that and left me alone.

'The Sun' had a good relationship with Frank Bruno. We did lots of interviews. He was a great character, very friendly to the media.

I'm not someone who plays a part for the press junket.

What amazes me most is that the media and I have fostered a close relationship.

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.

I don't like everybody knowing what I'm doing, unless it's related to a movie. I don't like speaking to the press. I never did.

Press conferences are good. I have my own philosophy about press conferences. I usually think that when they don't like the movie, they ask about other things.

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

I think it's important to keep things private, and there are certain boundaries I feel very particular about drawing. It may seem fastidious, but my experience of talking to the press is that I need those boundaries to remain very clear.

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.

I get along fine with the press.

People think I don't like interviews but I don't mind speaking about proper and interesting stuff. When it's stupid stuff to build your image and you are told to mention this and mention that, I hate it.

Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them to come out and face the cameras with confidence, but if they do, it will only help them. They will find themselves closer to their fans and will also get their word across more effectively.

My relationship with the journalists who covered the campaign was complicated. I often hid from the critical eye of their cameras and their omnipresent digital recorders, wary of the critique implicit in every captured moment. But I also grew to respect and understand their passion for their work, their love for the journey we were sharing.

I'm not somebody who runs from the press. I'm not coy. I appreciate the press I've had over the years.

I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.

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

I'm totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time.

Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face.

I don't talk about my personal life with the press.

You can be a dynamic actor, but could never be a star if you never spend time with the media. That's something that I neglected to do.

You can take a position with the media, but don’t necessarily get in their face.

You have only 30 seconds to speak. Moreover, even if you had time to make your argument, the audience you need to reach … wouldn't understand it.

When you interview celebrities, they're so guarded so many times, they can't reveal anything.