“You can see when that happens with bands when they do TV appearances; they just shut down. They get really irritated.” Quote by Jancee Dunn
“A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.” ArtistNamesStonesUnusualRollingRolling StonesUnusual Names Author:Jancee Dunn
“Also because few people were watching - aside from a healthy amount of incarcerated people, because M2 was offered in a lot of prisons - I was able to ask really long, kind of muso questions, that they loved. We could really geek out and talk about music for long periods of time, and that tape would just keep rolling and rolling.” PeopleKindLongAbleAsksAmountPeriodsHealthyPrisonTapeRollingGeekLong Periods Of TimeReally Long Author:Jancee Dunn
“Sometimes we were really surprised. There were major artists that would come by because they wanted to.” SometimesWantedArtistMajors Author:Jancee Dunn
“I would get adult acne when it was somebody really famous I had to interview, so sometimes I would have to look straight at the camera because I couldn't look sideways or profile, because it would show.” LooksSometimesShowsAdultsCamerasInterviewsProfileSidewaysAcne Author:Jancee Dunn
“I got a unicorn horn on my head once. I said, "Can you really see that on camera?" My producer said, "You can see it from space." I would have to angle my head a certain way so that I didn't look misshapen on camera.” WayLooksSaidCertainSpaceCamerasProducersAngleHornsUnicorn Author:Jancee Dunn
“The worst was I had little control in terms of smoothing out my questions and making myself look good the way I could in print. All the ums and uhs and rambling and apologies and hyenalike laughter at something that really isn't funny. You know when an artist will crack a joke, and you're like, "That's so hilarious," like, the fawning laughter that you can at least cut when it's print? It's just all out there, and it's really humiliating.” KnowsWayLooksLittlesArtistTermCuttingWorstLaughterJokesPrintCracksApologyHumiliatingRambling Author:Jancee Dunn
“I can barely listen to my tapes when I'm transcribing, because I can't stand how I sound.” I CanSoundTapeBecause I CanTranscribing Author:Jancee Dunn
“When you disclose something really personal in hopes that the person will then disclose something personal, too? It's all there on camera, your techniques that everyone can see through.” PersonsCamerasTechnique Author:Jancee Dunn
“When someone shuts down on you... There were a couple of times of somebody that was just unpleasant, and you can't get them to loosen up. It's this horrible spiral when it's on camera, because you're trying to get them to like you, to trust you, to give you decent answers.” GivingTryingAnswersLike YouCoupleCamerasHorribleDecentSpirals Author:Jancee Dunn
“When they've shut down, you get more nervous. They react to that, and it's just this hideous shame spiral. Although sometimes that can be some good train-wreck TV. That's another reason it's definitely difficult - when you are just not connecting, and it's there for the world to see.” WorldSometimesReasonDifficultTvsShameTrainNervousConnectingWrecksHideousSpiralsTrain Wrecks Author:Jancee Dunn