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I wouldn't want to be a talk show host. That's another awkward compliment people make. 'You should have your own talk show.' And I think, no thank you.

You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host.

I never thought I would become a television host, but I never thought anybody would pay me to just talk.

I love talk shows and hosting. I would want to do something like that. I'm not sure I would want to be a reality star continuously.

Don't ever rope me in as a late-night talk show host. I don't want to be one.

I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very often, was from Jack Paar, who said, 'Kid, don't make it an interview. Interviews have clipboards, and you're like David Frost. Make it a conversation.'

Since I was 8 years old, I wanted to be a talk show host.

I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested.

I think the success of a talk show depends on how true it is to the personality of the person hosting it. The shows I really admire, like 'Oprah' and 'Ellen,' are distinctively like their hosts, so I think my show will be successful only if we try to stay consistent to my own sense of myself.