Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it.

That's what the holidays are for - for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn't that the Irish way?

I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.

I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.

Have I seen The Commitments? I was obsessed with that movie. I just watched it again about two weeks ago.

I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.

I'm not afraid to look like a fool - and I think when you're not afraid, you never do.