I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...

I've learned to deal with stress much better now, things don't bother me in the way that they once used to.

There's an expression in life: "You can only make one first impression." And that first impression has to be spectacular. So, I wait, and let people see it when it's ready to go. It's not a set rule, but I think it's the better way of working. People will agree with you because of your track record, but you want people to like it because it's good, not because you found it.

Good is not enough. You've got to be great.

I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here.

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

We felt the time was right to open up the boundaries, and say to all of America, regardless of your age, whether you're 2, whether you're 100, regardless of what you believe your talent is - juggling, magic, singing - this is the show you can enter. It's as simple as that.