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Pretty much anybody who's ever worked can relate to our show.

I've worked on 30-something different TV shows, and most of the people can't stand each other.

Every show is different. The public has always been nice to me. I'm fortunate that way.

I never really thought I had much to add to the conversation that was occurring at 'MADtv.' I didn't know what I would do on the show. But I showed up, and I was surprised - it was fun to work on. Everybody there was really nice, and they seemed to be interested in my contributions.

I've developed a much greater respect for our politicians and every high-tech CEO. It's very easy to read about the things they did that you, of course, would have avoided in hindsight.

My show was revolutionary, ground-breaking. When I came on the scene, people were not doing a thing.

I mean, we had on our show, we had marriages, divorces and other stuff going on. And that was just me.

At HBO, my leadership had to inspire and gain the respect of employees in a large company with over 100 external business relationships in dozens of countries.

I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.

I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism, you know - people understand me very well. They also understand there's a very strong bipartisan part in all of this.