How to Cite an Interview in MLA Format

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Method 1 of 2: Types Of Interviews

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   Personal interviews. These refer to interviews that you've conducted yourself. List the name of the interview by the name of the interviewee, starting with their last name and then their first name. Include the descriptor "Personal interview" and followed by a full-stop (.). Include the date of the interview.
   • Example: Gambill, Mike. Personal interview. 1 Dec. 2003.
   • For a telephone interview, use Telephone interview in place of Personal interview.
   
   
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      Published interviews. This includes both print and broadcast outlets. If the interview is part of a larger work like a book or TV program, the title of the interview should go in quotation marks and the title of the book/TV show should go in italics. Determine the medium that the interview came from (print, web, DVD) and fill in the rest of the information as required by that medium.
      • If the interview that you're quoting from does not have a title, you can add the descriptor Interview (unformatted) after the interviewee's name.
      • Example: Seles, Monica. "Monica Seles Fights On." Interviews with Tennis Champions. By Tony Dale. San Bernandino, CA: Borgo, 1992. Print.
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      Online only published interviews. List the interview by the name of the interviewee, starting with their last name. If the interview has a title, put it in quotation marks. Place the name of the site 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 the interview does not feature a title, add the descriptor Interview (unformatted) after the interviewee's name.
      • Example: Obama, Michelle. Interview by Caren Zucker. ABC News. ABC, 2009. Web. 19 Apr. 2009.
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      Speeches, Lectures and Conference Presentations. Provide the speaker's name, starting with their first name. Give the title of the speech (if any) in quotation marks. Follow with the name of the meeting and the organization, the location of the talk and the date. Lastly, include a descriptor that indicates what sort of talk it was (keynote address, lecture, etc).
      • Use the abbreviation n.p. if the publisher is not known and n.d. if the date is not known.
      • Example: Stein, Joel. "How To Be a Freelance Writer." Ohio Wesleyan University. Grey Chapel, Delaware, OH. 7 May 2008. Lecture.

   Method 2 of 2: Quotations

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   Short Quotation: According to the Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers (p. 563) "When a quotation is no longer than four hand-written or typed lines, enclose the quoted words in the sentence. Place the parentheses after the closing quotation mark but before the sentence-ending punctuation.
   • If a quotation ends with an exclamation point or a question mark, put that punctuation mark before the closing quotation mark, put the parenthetical citation next, and then put a sentence-ending period after the parenthetical citation."
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   Long Quotation: Also according to the Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers (p. 564) "When a quotation is longer than four handwritten or typed lines, do not put quotation marks around the quoted words. Instead, set the quoted words off from your own words by indenting each line of the quotation."
   • Use a ten-space indent for each line of a quotation longer than four lines.
   • If you are using a computer, indent each line of the quotation one inch. Put one space after the last punctuation mark of the quotation, and then put in the parenthetical citation."