“Everybody stands - that's our policy. If Jesus Christ comes on the show, guess what? It's like, 'Stand right here Jesus, we got Papa Roach coming up at number six.'”
“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.”
“Her performances will be the only music that we have. We didn't feel that the night needed to be a big laundry list of celebrity names on the screen. This is a night about Times Square and what happens [there].”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“[The result?] I thought I was a nice guy, but I've come to realize I'm just a big douche bag, ... Thank you so much for being here, let's do it next year ... to somebody else.”
