MLA Guide: Interviews

The following Works Cited entries are for the kinds of interviews you see on television or see published in a magazine or journal. If you, as researcher, conduct your own interview, indicate the nature of that interview — Personal interview, Telephone interview, etc. - immediately following the name of the person interviewed:

Robert Redford. Telephone interview. 14 Feb. 2000.

If the published or broadcast interview has a title, use that title (in quotation marks) after the name of the person interviewed.

Works Cited

Kundera, Milan. Interview. New York Times  
         18 Jan. 1982, early ed., C1+.

Works Cited

Clinton, Bill. Interview with Ted Koppel. Nightline, ABC. WTNH, New Haven. 14 Nov. 1996.

Works Cited

An online interview should indicate the same information as above, but the URL for the interview should be included. The final date in the entry indicates the date the interview was accessed online:

Clinton, Bill. Interview with Biff Scroggs. Plainspeaking. Dec. 1999. 18 Jan. 2000.       <http://ccc.commnet.edu/media/plain/int.html>.

In-Text Citation

Redford bases his latest screen persona on Paul Newman's portrayal of the rebellious prisoner in Cool Hand Luke (Redford).