I create this persona for the show. And that's what it is. I'm an act.

Country comes before politics.

I can't imagine anybody who has spoken to more, or presented more non-famous people on television in the history of the world.

TV is a huge draw. It's a magnet. Even when I was a policeman, if I was on a police scene and the news showed up, I'd race home to see if I would be on TV for 2 seconds!

I'm a happy guy, but if I'm in a rare dark mood, I won't go out because I don't want to be horrible to people.

We can't just have mainstream behavior on television in a free society, we have to make sure we see the whole panorama of human behavior.

To go from politics to news, at least the subject matter is the same, even if the view is different.