Brief questions with Dana Perino for Dagen McDowell

You have seen us on display, however have you ever ever questioned what we’re like off-camera? 

For the previous few months, I’ve loved checking in with a few of your favourite Fox personalities to be taught extra about who they’re behind the scenes. 

What is the one factor Jesse Watters couldn’t reside with out? What’s Invoice Hemmer’s favourite Halloween costume? And what’s sitting on Greg Gutfeld’s nightstand?

However that is not all! The enjoyable is simply getting began.

This week, we’re excited to shine the highlight on Dagen McDowell, who joined the FOX Enterprise Community (FBN) as an anchor in Sept. 2007. She seems every day on FBN’s “Mornings with Maria” (weekdays 6-9 a.m. ET).

She additionally makes common appearances throughout Fox Information Channel packages equivalent to “Outnumbered” (weekdays 12-1 p.m. ET), “CAVUTO Reside” (Saturdays 10 a.m.-12 p.m. ET) and “The 5” (weekdays 5-6 p.m. ET).

P.S. We’ve got a lot extra in retailer for you. Keep tuned every week for brand new editions of “Brief Questions with Dana Perino” — and if there’s a query you need solutions to or a suggestion for the individual I ought to interview subsequent, depart a word within the feedback part under.

Q: You’re a southern woman dwelling in a concrete jungle. Let’s speak execs and cons. What do you like about dwelling within the metropolis? And on the flip facet, what do you miss most about dwelling down South? 

DMcD: In New York Metropolis (the place I moved in 1994), I really feel like I’m dwelling on the middle of the universe. That is the place you can see the best artwork, theater, music and meals. 

On and on. Any time, day or night time. 

I like that I don’t should personal a automotive and that I can reside “small,” as my mama would have stated. To her, that meant dwelling merely. 

Right here, you don’t have the area to build up many belongings. Life is about your adventures, not your possessions.

“Life is about your adventures, not your possessions.”

Con: NYC is filthy-dirty.

I miss the quiet of my tiny hometown. And my household. 

However I’ve made my NYC neighborhood right into a small city. You solely should say good morning to everybody you see (there are not any strangers, simply folks you haven’t gotten to know but) and ask folks their names in the event that they reside or work within the few blocks round your condo. 

Being caught in NYC throughout COVID with these of us amplified this sense of group.

Q: You graduated from Wake Forest College with a level in artwork historical past. What do you suppose is most respected a couple of liberal arts schooling? 

DMcD: I majored in artwork historical past as a result of I liked artwork and deliberate on working in a museum. I acquired to broaden my writing and important pondering abilities and reside in Venice, Italy.

I’d most likely select a distinct main right this moment. Again then, Wake Forest was one-tenth the worth it’s right this moment. 

“Right this moment I’d skip school altogether. I’d discover work proper out of highschool and be taught on the job.”

These ridiculous school prices drive college students to get levels in areas that result in decent-paying jobs proper out of the gate. 

Really, right this moment I’d skip school altogether. 

I’d discover work proper out of highschool and be taught on the job.

Q: Should you had been to arrange a film marathon that includes your all-time favourite movies, what three motion pictures would high your checklist? Bonus: What snacks would you serve?

DMcD: “Goodfellas.” “All About Eve.” “Fargo.”

In that order.

And I’d make nachos.

Q: What’s one factor that folks could be shocked to find out about you? 

DMcD: I alluded to this above. I’m tremendous pleasant to excellent strangers.

Q: What southern consolation meals by no means fails to elevate your spirits?

DMcD: Steamed blue crabs. Picked outdoors on a picnic desk lined in newspaper with household.

Q: Identify a second or a possibility that modified your life. 

DMcD: There are lots of. Getting a telephone name from Neil Cavuto about 21 years in the past asking if I want to work at Fox Information although I had by no means had a TV job earlier than.

Q: What’s the most adventurous factor you’ve ever accomplished? 

DMcD: Backpacking by way of Europe alone.

“We’ve got assured private freedoms due to the Invoice of Rights (because of Patrick Henry). That’s one thing exquisitely American.”

Mountain-biking most of the hardest trails round Moab, Utah.

Transferring to New York Metropolis alone. Arriving on a practice with a duffle bag.

Q: Should you needed to describe America in a single phrase, what phrase would you select and why? 

DMcD: Freedom. We’ve got assured private freedoms due to the Invoice of Rights (because of Patrick Henry). That’s one thing exquisitely American.

Q: What’s one factor that you simply suppose each girl ought to strive no less than as soon as in her life? 

DMcD: Being alone. No roommates. No accomplice. Soloness.

Q: What’s your favourite factor about working at Fox Information? 

DMcD: The folks and their tireless work ethic.

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To learn all of Dana Perino’s earlier “Brief Questions” interviews for Fox Information Digital, take a look at this (lengthy) checklist!

For her interview with Lydia Hu, click on right here. 

For her interview with Brian Brenberg, click on right here. 

For her interview with Jackie DeAngelis, click on right here. 

For her interview with Claudia Cowan, click on right here. 

For her interview with Max Gorden, click on right here. 

For her interview with Jared Cohen, click on right here. 

For her interview with William La Jeunesse, click on right here.

For her interview with Matt Finn, click on right here.

For her interview with Wealthy Edson, click on right here.

For her interview with Gov. Chris Sununu, click on right here. 

For her interview with Ross Rayburn, click on right here. 

For her interview with Mark Meredith, click on right here.

For her interview with Emily Compagno, click on right here.

For her interview with Chad Pergram, click on right here.

For her interview with Mike Emanuel, click on right here. 

For her interview with Gillian Turner, click on right here. 

For her interview with Madison Alworth, click on right here. 

For her interview with Nate Foy, click on right here.

For her interview with Laura Ingraham, click on right here. 

For her interview with 5 New York FOX reporters, click on right here. 

For her interview with Katie Pavlich, click on right here.

For her interview with Man Benson, click on right here. 

For her interview with Pete Hegseth, click on right here. 

For her interview with Sandra Smith, click on right here. 

For her interview with Nicolas Yannicelli, click on right here.

For her interview with Abby Hornacek, click on right here. 

For her interview with Elise Bitter, click on right here. 

For her interview with Brian Kilmeade, click on right here.

For her interview with Kennedy, click on right here.

For her interview with John Roberts, click on right here. 

For her interview with Janice Dean, click on right here. 

For her interview with Charles Payne, click on right here.

For her interview with Trey Gowdy, click on right here.

For her interview with Johnny “Joey” Jones, click on right here. 

For her interview with Invoice Melugin, click on right here. 

For her interview with Jimmy Failla, click on right here. 

For her interview with Tyrus, click on right here. 

For her interview with Ainsley Earhardt, click on right here.

For her interview with Lawrence Jones, click on right here. 

For her interview with Dr. Arash Akhavan, click on right here. 

For her interview with Martha MacCallum, click on right here.

For her interview with Bret Baier, click on right here. 

For her interview with Kayleigh McEnany, click on right here.

For her interview with Harold Ford Jr., click on right here. 

For her interview with Shannon Bream, click on right here.

For her interview with Jessica Tarlov, click on right here.

For her interview with Leo Terrell, click on right here.

For her interview with Geraldo Rivera, click on right here.

For her interview with Clay Travis, click on right here

For her interview with Invoice Hemmer, click on right here. 

For her interview with Greg Gutfeld, click on right here.

For her interview with Benjamin Corridor, click on right here.

For her interview with Choose Jeanine Pirro, click on right here.

For her interview with Jesse Watters, click on right here.

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