Use only the interviewee's last name when citing personal interviews. Personal interviews are interviews that you have conducted yourself. They have no page number because they have not been published in a book. When you cite a personal interview in the body of your paper, place only the author's last name in parentheses at the end of the sentence.Eliminate the parenthetical citation if you use the last name in the sentence. MLA guidelines state that if you state the last name in the sentence, you do not need that same information in the parentheses. The parenthetical information complements, not repeats, the information provided in the sentence.[2]

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Citing Interviews with In-
Text Citations
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Use only the interviewee's lastname when citing personalinterviews.
Personal interviews are interviews that you have conducted yourself. They have
no page number because they have not been published in a book. When you cite
a personal interview in the bodyof your paper, place only the author's last
namein parentheses at the end of the sentence.
 Periods go after the parentheses. Think about the parenthetical citation as being
part of the sentence. The period goes at the end of the whole sentence, so it goes
after the parentheses.
 The superintendent stated that there would be money in the budget for new
computers (Jones).
 Emily said, "Training for the Olympics was the most challenging thing I have
ever done" (Walker).
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Eliminate the parenthetical citationif you use the last name in the sentence.
MLA guidelines state that if you state the last name in the sentence, you do not
need that same information in the parentheses. The parenthetical information
complements, not repeats, the information provided in the sentence.[2]
 Jones stated that there would be money in the budget for new computers.
 Walker said, "Training for the Olympics was the most challenging thing I have
ever done."
 The difference between the examples in step 1 and step 2 is the way the last
name is presented. In step 1, the last name is in the parenthetical citation
because it does not appear in the sentence. In step 2, the last name appears in the
sentence, so it does not need to be repeated in a parenthetical citation.
 The reason why the last name must appear in either the sentence or the
parenthetical citation is because the last name correspondsto the entry on the
works cited page. Every citation must link directly to the works cited page.

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Give the lastname and page number for a print interview.
If your interview is printed in a bookor other print source, provide the author's
last name and the page number. You cite this just like you would any bookor
journal.[3]
 Emily trained so hard that she bruised her foot and had to take a break (Walker
45).
 Walker explained that she had to take a break from training after bruising her
foot (45).
 Remember, MLA does not put a comma between the last name and the page
number in a parenthetical citation.
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Place shortquotations from interviews in quotation marks.
Short quotations are no longer than four typed lines. When you cite short
quotations from an interview, enclose the directly quoted words in quotation
marks. Place the parentheses after the closing quotation mark but before the
period.[4]
 If a quotation ends with an exclamation point or a question mark, place it inside
the quotation marks.
 Dr. James Hill said, "The virus starts by affecting the brain" (56).
 Dr. James Hill asked, "If we can't find a cure, how will we save the human
race?" (57).
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Format long quotations with a block quote.
Long quotations are longer than four typed lines. When you cite a direct quote
from an interview this long, you must place it into a block quote. Do not put
quotation marks around the quoted words. Instead, the words will be
freestanding from the rest of the paragraph. Start the quotation on a new line
after placing a colon after the lead-in text, instead of the comma like for short
quotations. The entire quote will be indented one inch from the margin. The
parentheses come after the punctuation, unlike in short quotations.[5]
 Start your block quote like this: In an interview from 2002, Peter Jackson stated:
 Punctuate the end of your block quote like this: Jackson said he will always
keep making movies. (34-35)

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Citing Interviews on a Works Cited
Page
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Start a personalinterview citationwith the interviewee's lastname.
On the works cited page, start the citation entry with the last name of the
interviewee. After the last name, add a comma and then the interviewee's first
name. Directly after the first name, insert a period. Then, include the type of
interview followed by a period. Add the date of the interview followed by a
period.
 Dates should be formatted with the numerical value for the day, followed by the
three letter abbreviation for the date followed by a period, and then the
numerical value for the year. Most months just use the first three letters of their
name. May has no period after the three letters. June and July both stay the
same with no period afterwards. September is abbreviated using 4 letters: Sept.
 For type of interview, state if it is a personal, telephone, or e-mail interview.
 Example: Gambill, Mike. Telephone interview. 1 Apr. 2003.
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Include title of the collectionfor published interviews.
Published interviews include both print and broadcastoutlets. If the interview is
part of a larger work like a bookor TV program, the title of the interview
should be included in the citation, along with the medium of the interview
(print, web, DVD). The title of the interview goes in quotation marks and the
title of the book/TV show should go in italics.
 For an interview published in a print source, start with the interviewee's last
name, followed by a comma and then the first name. Add a period. Place the
name of the interview in quotation marks, with a period inside the quotation
marks. Next, list the name of the larger bookor journal where the interview was
published in italics. Add a period. Next, give the author or editor of the bookby
stating "By First Name Last Name" or "Ed. First Name Last Name." Add a
period. Then finish the citation with information required by the medium.
 Amis, Kingsley. “Mimic and Moralist.” Interviews with Britain’s Angry Young
Men. By Dale Salwak. San Bernardino: Borgo, 1984. 34-47. Print.[6]
 Blanchett, Cate. "In Character with Cate Blanchett." Notes on a Scandal. Dir.
Richard Eyre. Fox Searchlight, 2006. DVD.

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 If the interview has no name, just type the word "Interview" without any
quotation marks or italics.
 Jolie, Angelina. Interview. 60 Minutes. CBS. WCBS, New York:3 Feb.
2009. Television.[7]
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Cite online-only published interviews like a standard web entry.
Online-only interviews are cited just like standard web entries. In place of the
author, list the interviewee, starting with the last name. If the interview has a
title, put it in quotation marks. Place the name of the website in italics, give the
publisher name, publication date, the medium of the publication (web), and the
date you accessed it.
 If no publisher is given, insert the abbreviation n.p. If there is no publication
date, use n.d.
 If the interview does not feature a title, add the descriptor "Interview" after the
interviewee's name with no italics or quotation marks.
 Obama, Michelle. Interview by Caren Zucker. ABC News. ABC, 2009. Web. 19
Apr. 2009.
 Antin, David. "The Way I See It." Dalkey ArchivePress. DalkeyArchive P,
n.d. Web. 21 Aug 2007.