The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are.

More Quotes by Terry Gross

What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out.

Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can shift, depending on who is asking the questions. What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being 'found out.' It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood.

It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood.

Often real life is boring and problematic. I love the edited version of it.

I am literally smaller than life. I am an unextraordinary-looking person. I've seen people trying to hide their disappointment when they meet me, and I have to watch them get over it.

I work in a medium where I get to be totally invisible and I get great pleasure from that, being a pretty self-conscious person.