How NOT to Start an Interview with John Cusack
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When I started at Cinematical, I had never conducted an interview before. I bought my first digital recorder with trembling hands, and in my first interview I stuttered more than Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda. But I pulled through it, didn't embarrass myself, and got smoother with practice. What I've learned is that no matter how intimidating the interviewee may be, as long as you are reasonably pleasant, professional, and well-prepared, the discussion won't go totally off the rails. For an example of an interviewer not being well prepared and a discussion that does go totally off the rails, I direct you to this hilarious clip of a young woman (judging by the youtube comments, she's a communications student at USC) starting an interview with John Cusack. I won't spoil it for you, I'll just say it's safe for work, it's brief, and it's as cringe-inducing and awkward as anything on The Office. You will be screaming at this reporter to just...stop...talking. Enjoy! And friends, please, do your research!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-31-2007 @ 1:28PM
Philpott said...
that was incredibly awkward. How is she in film school and does not know something like that? Idiot.
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12-31-2007 @ 1:28PM
DAVID F said...
I can see why actors don't do interviews.....ugh.
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12-31-2007 @ 1:27PM
Midnight13 said...
Actors get some of the dumbest questions during interviews. In some way I feel for them, when they are promoting thier projects and get asked the same dumb question from 50 different interviewers it must get fustrasting, and the uninformed interviewer probobly happens more often then we would think.
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12-31-2007 @ 2:46PM
Eddie said...
He wasn't in American Beauty?
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Miss Teen South Carolina
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12-31-2007 @ 3:48PM
Tony said...
Her next interview is with Kevin Spacey, where she'll start off by asking him about staring in Say Anything...
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12-31-2007 @ 3:48PM
Greg said...
I know I probably shouldn't have enjoyed that so much but it was funny, Cusack telling her more than once he wasn't in American Beauty was halarious. I feel bad for the girl but really she should have at least looked at his filmography before conducting the interview.
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12-31-2007 @ 8:49PM
Ilias said...
She remembered the rose pedals! At least film students remember films as we -normal people- do... The rose pedal scene is surely the most memorable! Cusack had to remember this!
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12-31-2007 @ 8:49PM
nelson said...
If I was him, I would have just played along to see how far I could go with it.
"Yes, I also loved being in the Usual Suspects. And yes! Pay It Forward and the Life of David Gale!"
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1-01-2008 @ 2:55AM
Sy said...
Its a honest mistake ...she got John Cusack and Kevin Spacey mixed. They look alike.
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1-01-2008 @ 9:35AM
kid_zed3000 said...
At least he was nice about it. I can think of some celebs that would've just kicked ballistic on the chick. Of course she was a cute, ditzy blonde...
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