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I don't know what it's like to be an actor, where if your show gets canceled, really you're just a bum.

Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because you had a show in the first place.

I don't see my show as a stepping stone to something else like some people, who get a job then have a foot out the door looking for their next job.

For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me.

My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air.

One of my producers said this business is like a hamster on that little wheel thing that goes around and around. You may have a great day and get great ratings, but then you've got another show to do - whatever moment of success or happiness you have you've got to keep grinding it out for the next day.

Journalists told me that a talk show wouldn't work. Some told me I was going to get canceled before my first season was up.

Every time you have to come up with a new body of work for a new show, you're aware that people are just ready to rip you apart, they're just waiting for you to fall or make the slightest trip up.

I knew what show business was, which was why I didn't want in on that action. I saw what happens! You get it, and then you lose it.

That's why I love doing television because it's something that fans and viewers can sit down each week and get to know your character and get to know the show and get to know what's going on and fall in love with you all over again, like they did in previous shows.