Chris Harrison Quotations

My kids have never known me not working on The Bachelor. But they've lived in Paris and Italy and been to Hawaii and Bora-Bora with me, and it's incredible to me that they've had these experiences.

My wildest tipping point moment came when I was introduced to Clint Eastwood. He was sitting there, typical Clint Eastwood, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, holding a Budweiser. He looks at me and says, "I watch your show from time to time." I just stopped. I was like, "I can't even think about that. I'm not even sure if I'm happy about that."

The show is escapism. If you look back to when I was in college, all the girls in the sorority houses were gathered around watching soap operas. That was the escapism, the show that was giving you something you couldn't have. Now, you go into any sorority house, there are 50 to 100 girls piled in watching The Bachelor. We are the modern-day soap opera.

We are planes, trains, and automobiles, and we're always hauling stuff up these tiny cobblestone streets, so the more mobile you are, the better.

I've been able to see the world many times over. The thing I've learned is less is more. I travel as light as possible. I try to carry on.

I always liken it to being a referee - if you notice the referee, that's not a good thing.

I started [in television] as a local sportscaster in Oklahoma City and that will always be my love. It's kind of what I live for.

The last two years they've made great improvements and have had a great work ethic. We don't have any superstars, but we have a nice group of kids that work hard.

She was the first person who got it right.

Strangers come up to me in bars and tell me about their sex lives. I'm thinking, 'You think I can make it better somehow?'