Martin Bashir Quotes & Sayings

“Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.”

“Michael Jackson has some contact with his mother. I know she is involved with the children.”

“This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason.”

“I don't think his life has been in any way disfigured by the film. The film did disclose some difficult facts.”

“I never saw anything that would qualify as a criminal activity.”

“The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.”

“He was very concerned about his children potentially being kidnapped or attached, and that's why they were covered up. When he went to Berlin zoo, there were 200 photographers.”

“For watching sports, I tend to drink Guinness; early evenings always begin well with a Grey Goose and tonic with plenty of lime; and on a cold winter's night, there's nothing quite like a glass of Black Maple Hill... an absolute peach of a bourbon.”

“It's terrible. How can we tell the world who the real Michael Jackson is?”

“Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child.”