I was working as a staff writer at Rolling Stone. I had a friend who worked at MTV, and she called me and said, "They're looking for VJs for this new channel. Do you want to try out?" I had… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
[MTV] just wanted a regular person that knew a decent amount about music.I'm so used to doing solitary interviews. You have some control - it's quiet, it's just you with your tape recorder and the person. Then when I was… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
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… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
I wondered how I was going to do it and keep my job at Rolling Stone at the same time. They were very nice,… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
We were really responsive. It was very personalized for the die-hards that did watch, and I thought that would be a big draw, too. — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
Before M2, I really felt self-conscious about some of my choices, and I was slotted into a category. At Rolling Stone, I was the… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
“fathers who regularly do household chores, according to a University of British Columbia study, have daughters who are more likely to aspire to less… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
I'm trying to think of who was really unpleasant or just not in the mood for talking. We had on Thurston Moore and he… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
If I felt like not saying what was on the cue card, I would. We rarely did retakes. — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
What really takes me back is when I'm walking around the Lower East Side, because we went to so many places [there] - the… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
And when I say [M2 was] lo-fi production, it was so great and grimy. I was used to that world anyway, because we shot… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
Sometimes we were really surprised. There were major artists that would come by because they wanted to. — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
I grew up in New Jersey in the '80s. That means one thing: Big hair. ... I had big hair, my boyfriends had big… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
“I devised a sort of strategy for any sort of discussion that was over my head: I became the moderator. If you're the group's… — Jancee Dunn Copy Share Image
![“[MTV] just wanted a regular person that knew a decent amount about music.I'm so used to doing solitary interviews. You have some control - it's quiet, it's just you with your tape recorder and the person. Then when I was in front of the camera, I broke out in hives, which I continued to do well…” quote by Jancee Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/37d/jancee-dunn-13812_amount_mtv-just-wanted-a-regular-person-that-kn_2906674.jpg)
![“What really takes me back is when I'm walking around the Lower East Side, because we went to so many places [there] - the bakery, a mannequin store, all these factories with mice running around. That also is very visceral and takes me back. Pool halls, tattoo parlors, all kinds of stuff like that.” quote by Jancee Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c2e/jancee-dunn-13812_all-kinds_what-really-takes-me-back-is-when-i-m-wa_674389.jpg)
![“And when I say [M2 was] lo-fi production, it was so great and grimy. I was used to that world anyway, because we shot in bars, we shot in thrift shops, we shot on the street. And the bars, they would have just opened, and still there was barf on the floor and beer. We certainly kept it real. It…” quote by Jancee Dunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/591/jancee-dunn-13812_bars_and-when-i-say-m2-was-lo-fi-production-i_753451.jpg)
