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Giovanni Minoli
7 quotes
“When I became director of Raidue, I asked Michele Guardì, who is a tough guy, to give him a really tough audition. He did the audition, came back, and said to me, "He's absolutely brilliant." Massimo really worked his way up the ranks, and it was a tough journey. He has become better than his programme.”
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“(About the creation of the TV programme Mixer) The remote control had been invented, and we had to enter the world of competition. So, we came up with this format for a programme designed as a vertical schedule, where we were the ones changing channels, staying ahead of the viewer and offering something different every fifteen minutes.”
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“Socialist – I really like that word. [...] But I've never had a party membership card. I'm approaching seventy. And I've met a huge number of politicians in my life – I've met almost all of them. I’ve been meeting them and interviewing them for forty years. So, when people say that I've been close to power, and they draw a link between my career and my personal relationships, I'm genuinely disappointed. But it's always been like that. That's the story of my life.”
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“Interviewer: Have you ever been unnecessarily harsh? Minoli : Yes. With Berlusconi. It was the interview when he announced he was running for prime minister: 14 million viewers. Everyone knew he was going to win the election, and that gave me an extra boost. In the end, my wife Matilde said to me, 'You're mad; it's over." In fact, I was the network director, and they got rid of me. I've always been a successful loser.”
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“(About Craxi) I stand by them, and I would do them again. I put my name to it, unlike those who run parties' election campaigns behind the scenes, pulling the wool over people's eyes – and, indeed, they're still on RAI. You can be a socialist and be a decent person. I'm a decent socialist and an aspiring Christian.”
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“I am the only TV personality who, for forty years, has been both a writer-presenter and a director-manager. This has enabled me to banish vanity and to launch some of the best television journalists in Italy.”
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“(About Massimo Giletti) I asked Michele Guardì, a truly great figure in television, to put him through one of his auditions. He gave him a real dressing-down. In the end, he told me he had what it takes. On the evening that Andreotti was formally charged, I told him to sleep in his car outside his house; at dawn, he accompanied him to Mass, and he was the only one to interview him.”
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