I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent... and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service.

What's so wonderful about being 6'3. What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men?

The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee.

You get a taste here in New Orleans that you don't get anywhere else in the country.

It's almost seems as though there's a battle going on between the public and all the fast-food establishments, and, believe me, I think it's very tasty food.

I'm moving on. I should have made that clear when I made the announcement. I guess I wasn't clear. If people think you're leaving a show after all these years, you might be retiring. So I understand where they're coming from, but I should have impressed the fact that I hope I'm just moving on right now.

As a matter of fact I don't like politics. I really don't. I think it's so jaded now and everybody has to follow the party line.