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John le Carré and Bernard Pivot's necktie

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When Aarthi and I started doing the show and interviewing people, I read up on all the great interviewers - past and current - to learn the art of interviewing a person. Of all the things I read, the anecdote that stayed the most with me came from an unlikely source. In John le Carré autobiographical work The Pigeon Tunnel, he describes being interviewed on French TV by Bernard Pivot. These following lines have always stayed with me Pivot has the most elusive quality of them all, the one that film producers and casting directors across the globe would give their eye-teeth for: a natural generosity of spirit, better known as heart. In a country famous for making an art form out of ridicule, Pivot lets his subject know from the moment he or she sits down that they’re going to be all right. And his audience feels that too. They’re his family Here reproduced in full is “Bernard Pivot’s necktie”. The rest of the book is great, do buy it! Here’s a video of the actual appearance but do watch

John le Carré and Bernard Pivot's necktie When Aarthi and I started doing the show and interviewing people, I read up on all the great interviewers - past and current - to learn the art of interviewing a person. Of all the things I read, the anecdote that stayed the most with me came from an unlikely source. In John le Carré autobiographical work The Pigeon Tunnel , he describes being interviewed on French TV by Bernard Pivot . These following lines have always stayed with me Pivot has the most elusive quality of them all, the one that film producers and casting directors across the globe woul

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