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One of the nicest things about NBC is that Tom Brokaw is not Dan Rather.

In the end, Dan Rather's legend skewered him, CBS and the craft of journalism.

I can't sit through dinner with somebody I don't like.

I listen to Steely Dan. I really like Steely Dan.

I'm not trying to be the next Dave Grohl or Phil Collins.

Jack wasn't my type at all. I thought he was too young and too posh, and I told him that. Plus, I couldn't deal with his dodgy bowl-cut. But he wore me down.

I've never thought of myself as a classic leading man. I'm a character actor who happens to play leading roles. Come on, look at me. I'm really Desperate Dan.

Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it.

I don't have a sidekick - no Ed McMahon. So when I go out there, I'm lonely. It's scary.

You have to ask yourself if you want to be the kind of actress who's interesting, or the kind of actress who's meant to play the pretty-but-uninteresting wife of a chubby guy on a network sitcom.