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| James Lipton and George Clooney on Inside the Actors Studio |
Radio interview techniques in film…
James Lipton: You have acted in many films.
George Clooney: Over 60,
yes.
James Lipton: And as producer
or director.
George Clooney: 30 times.
James Lipton: Do you work
for money?
George Clooney: I work because
I want to enjoy what I do. The money and fame doesn’t matter. I choose films I
want to make and will make a statement; ones that will leave a legacy.
James Lipton: Have you ever
felt rejected?
George Clooney: Actors feel
badly rejected when they don’t get a role. They’re selling a product -
themselves. If they get rejected, that’s personal.
James Lipton: What do you
consider your best film?
George Clooney: One that I feel was worthwhile doing was Good Night and Good Luck. My father
was a news anchorman and I majored in journalism at college so I had a special
interest in doing the story of TV journalist Ed
Murrow and his battle to discredit Joseph McCarthy’s anticommunist hysteria in
1953.
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Voice-over
James Lipton is famous for
reading his questions off index cards and then staring at the interviewee.
Although his Inside the Actors Studio celebrity interviews are filmed, this technique
would also work well as a radio interview. Or as a podcast.
Some of his interview question techniques:
Get the background out of
the way with a statement: “You are… You have…”
Use research to praise: “Do
you work for money?” Obviously not.
Use something surprising to
probe for an uncomfortable insight: “Have you ever felt rejected?”
End on a high note: “…your best
film?”
And then turn the show over
to the student questions.
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