I was a terrible reporter. The only advantage was I made all my mistakes in a place and at a time where I didn't know anyone, but I literally made every mistake in the book. — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
I did everything the wrong way round. I started in an odd place, with the wrong skill set and arguably worked backwards. I began my television career in Hong Kong, making longer format films from around Asia, then I went… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
I have facial blindness. It's hugely embarrassing as it makes me seem supercilious or snobbish. — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
It is the little things that throw me - the wrong pen, the wrong font. An interview done standing up is a disaster. I… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
I have heard somewhere an argument that if the Industrial Revolution - economic development - had started in Africa rather than Europe, then sun… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
There's no point meeting somebody with a meat cleaver the moment they open their mouth - because they're going to clam up, you're going… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
Fanny and Alexander' blew me away. I was visiting my sister in her first year at university. It was my first foray into something… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
Some interviews wind you up. Some test your mettle. Some reduce you to a gibbering wreck. — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
I think you go into a debate trying to be fair minded and trying to be balanced but occasionally there will be a sense… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
I don't think I would move into politics, but our job is often about pulling things down. It's about why something won't work, which… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
I think increasingly I really come to appreciate the people, the politicians, the interviewees, of any stripe and size who are able to answer… — Emily Maitlis Copy Share Image
