Carson Daly Quotations

I don't have a sidekick - no Ed McMahon. So when I go out there, I'm lonely. It's scary.

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

I'm developing a record company. I'm learning how to supervise music on a film.

It's hard to be a breakout show and stay on top. We're like the flagship show over here.

You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.

Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him.

No one's on at my time but infomercials.

I really like it that they promote from within.

MTV was such a great training for me. I did live interviews with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna.

A good butcher is important to have. It's like a shrink.

It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.

I do California casual a little bit better than really small European cut, tight apparel But I can rock some Gucci when I need to. I say this as I'm wearing Adidas sweatpants and a ten-year-old Chrome Hearts T-shirt.

If I could be lucky enough to just have radio as the base for the rest of my life, I could build off that. No matter how successful I become, I always look at radio as the only skill set I can really call on. I even know how to operate the boards.

I love 'Last Call.' It took me a little bit to figure out that I wasn't going to be that guy in a suit telling monologue jokes.

When I was a freshman in high school, I got a letterman jacket, which you'd think would be great stock. The jacket had the big S on it, for Santa Monica. But rather than having a football or a baseball on the S, I had a little nine iron. Girls thought it was a flute.

When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product. And then when music reality and 'Idol hit,' I just didn't watch it, it seemed novelty. And of course the story of 'Idol,' this is one of the greatest stories in television history.

My girlfriend Siri is a food blogger, and we both love to entertain and eat. This is what happens when you're in your thirties: what was once a passion and real appetite for nightlife in New York City manifests itself into other things, like entertaining at home.

I'm from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would go back east and catch Yankees games. His side of the family are big Yankees fans. But, the real connection came in '97 when I moved to New York and became friends with the team.

I stumbled into this format for 'Last Call with Carson Daly' that I really like, inspired by cable and Dave Attell's 'Insomniac.' I love being out on the street.

A friend of mine - a cameraman at MTV - lost a lot of weight from cycling, and I thought Id try it, too, thinking whenever you look at a cyclist they all look super-skinny, so hey, why not? But then it turned into such a psychologically satisfying thing.

Do you remember when we were kids and played that game 'Telephone'? It was like that. The first time I heard about it, someone said he'd been shot 17 times.

Men often think it's the bad boys who get the hot chicks. But I'm living proof that the good guys win.

NBC's priorities are Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno, and then there's me.

The plate tectonics of media have shifted where NBC had to become a new media company from an old media company.

You know, I'm cursed with morals. I was raised a certain way. I wish I wasn't. I wish I was raised by wolves.

It's important for people to realize I don't want to be the It guy. I want to crawl before I walk. I want to learn about things before I jump into them.

I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.

The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy.

Last year was kind of the triple-A (minor leagues). We're ready for the big time.

MTV was such a great training for me. I did (live interviews) with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna.

On New Year's Eve, Times Square is the epicenter of the world - it's the place to be and the place to watch at midnight. That is why it was so important to do this entire special live. Unlike other specials, there will be no prerecorded performances. Audiences will see things as they happen.

I've modeled a lot of what I've tried to do in this business after him, and he's been very supportive and helpful to me. The rich history of this night and what it has meant historically to broadcast television is important to me ... To be live that night with the big guys, if you will, is great.

You're in the Backstreet Boys. This inevitably will be a great thing for your career, ... I've been busted in strip clubs. We're men. That's what we do.

I try and mention it as much as possible when I'm on the air.

I just think the world of (him). The rich history of this evening is important to me.

I know he's been into golf for a while, he's like a 3-handicap. I saw him at a hotel before the Super Bowl several years ago and he was reading a golf magazine.