People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do.

I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or 'my 14-year-old is 200 pounds...' or 'I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.' So I pick up the phone and I call people.

Therell always be some weird thing about eating four grapes before you go to bed, or drinking a special tea, or buying this little bean from El Salvador.

Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad.

I don't have a lot to offer one person. I have a lot to offer to a lot of people.

Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh.

I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.