Quoting an interview

How to properly quote an interview

[panic]

I've got an article that has excerpts from an interview inside of it. I want to use a quote from the interview, but I'm unsure of whom I should give credit to in the bibliography.

Do I give credit to the author of the article, or do I give credit to the person interviewed in the article?

[iamlost]

What I do is something along the line of "Exerpt(s) from Interview of John Doe by Richard Roe at Timbuktu on 01 January 2004."

Also if interview is copyright appropriate notice should be given (added to above): "copyright MediaConglomerate Inc."

If appropriate I add something similar to "Complete interview available here [add url, etc.]"

[rogerd]

As far as I know, the bibliography citation would be no different than if you extract a quote from the text of the article. A couple of commonly accepted styles would be,

Bill Gates Speaks Out. (2002, September 6). Time, 95, 53-59

or, if an author is indicated,

Olsen, James (2002, September 6). Bill Gates Speaks Out. Time, 95, 53-59

Depending on the style manual you are following, you might use a numeric footnote or include an inline reference in the text immediately after the quote, e.g.,

("Bill Gates Speaks Out")

or

(Olsen, 2002)

While the credit in the citation is going to the author of the article, obviously you should identify the person quoted. So, perhaps one approach would be,

Even though he's the world's wealthiest person, Bill Gates has said, "I'm really an average guy, except now if my glasses break I buy new ones instead of taping the old ones." (Olsen, 2002)

Perhaps one of our resident English majors can weigh in with more specifics. Of course, the exact approach you use will depend on your use - each publication has its own style which they expect authors to follow.

[nakulgoyal]

I most of the times use it the way rogerd says. I though got some more ideas from here. Thanks rogerd