The phrase "a lively interview" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an interview that is energetic, engaging, or full of enthusiasm.
Example: "The journalist conducted a lively interview with the author, making the discussion both entertaining and insightful."
Alternatives: "an engaging interview" or "a spirited interview".
In a lively interview on an anarchic late-night chat show, the deputy prime minister also said Boris Johnson was more of a "twat" than a statesman.
In a lively interview on the late-night chat show, the Deputy Prime Minister took a ribbing from Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker.
An intense and articulate trio, the younger Carpenters often finished one another's sentences during a lively interview at their dining table, as they served pastrami sandwiches, fruit salad and cake.
"I didn't fully understand the painting at the time, other than to know that it was great," Lauder says in the catalogue, in a lively interview with Emily Braun, who curated the show with Rebecca Rabinow.
That is how Herman Cain on Monday explained why he was addressing a fresh accusation of sexual harassment on the ABC late night show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" It was a lively interview.
On Thursday Mr. Steele found himself yet again explaining what he had meant to say, this time after a lively interview with GQ in which he seemed to suggest, among other things, that women should have the right to decide whether to have an abortion.
Following a lively onstage interview the program's second half showed the extremes of Mr. Lewis's style.
The virtuosic Talea Ensemble performed, and Mr. Boulez was on hand for a lively onstage interview with Ara Guzelimian, dean of the Juilliard School.
But his chapter on how Hammond delivered Springsteen to the Columbia fold, containing a lively original interview with the Boss, is as captivating a piece of music journalism as you will read all year.
Curmudgeons, especially literary ones, make lively interview subjects.
By Eileen Reynolds September 9, 2010 Curmudgeons, especially literary ones, make lively interview subjects.
