It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.

When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product. And then when music reality and 'Idol hit,' I just didn't watch it, it seemed novelty. And of course the story of 'Idol,' this is one of the greatest stories in television history.

The plate tectonics of media have shifted where NBC had to become a new media company from an old media company.

NBC's priorities are Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno, and then there's me.

Here's my thought about fake breasts: If I can touch them, they're real.

I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would go back east and catch Yankees games. His side of the family are big Yankees fans. But, the real connection came in '97 when I moved to New York and became friends with the team.

Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him.