There are few things quite so effortlessly enjoyable as watching an eminent person getting in a huff and flouncing out of a television interview, often with microphone trailing.
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Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage.
A spontaneous interview feels differently than anything else you see on television.
Sometimes it's like watching a train wreck. You're uncomfortable, but you just can't help yourself. Some of those so-called bad interviews actually turned into compelling television.
I remember sitting one time doing 100 interviews in a day, and they're all television interviews and they're kind of - and you just sit there and they bring these people in and out, and in out.
I worked in TV for a short time and couldn't stand the fact that we'd always be filming someone talking, just giving information.
You turn on the TV, and you see very bland interviews. Journalists in the United States are very cozy with power, very close to those in power.
People are not impressed by watching interviewees cry. People recognize chat shows with personalities as the trivial things that they are. They're not designed to be deep. Quite frankly, people in show business don't stand up to in-depth scrutiny.
Television is a thing that people get very familiar with. They want to hear your voice in their head.
I think anyone doing an interview is to some extent on show. And therefore, we always want to put on our best face.
I'm always trying to get those interviews that are impossible to get, because they are the ones that are most interesting to the audience.
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