Mike Wallace Quotes

One thing that took a while to really adjust to was, you do it for the the art, for the money, for being together and having a good time, but you do it for all those people out there who really care about the show. We are now talking about a show we did over 20 years ago.

The world that I would want to get into would be acting. In the beginning, I would do stuff as myself if I had the opportunity to host events - host, like, a talk show. Something like that, I think, would be super amazing.

In the long period of time when I did talk shows and game shows, a whole new generation of people came along who thought of me as that, and not as a theater person.

I'd been on all the television programs as an actor, as a writer, as a director, as a producer.

We show a lot of film [with Regis Philbin] from my career which is most enjoyable. I enjoy watching it.

Hosting a show, even a talk show or a game show, there's so much business you have to conduct. There's so much guiding you have to do.

'Black Diamond' blew my mind. Ace Frehley came onstage and did it with us at Madison Square Garden a few years ago, which was a total high watermark in my life. When I was 13, I never thought in a million years that I would even talk to him; I'd probably pass out. And here I am playing with him!

A comedian's career span is five or 10 years. I am lucky to have worked with so many distinguished actors and their grandsons.

Although I'm largely doing other things in life, it's very nice occasionally to put my toe back in the waters of show business.

I've been trained and lived my entire life on the smallscreen.

I wasn't some sort of ingenue. I always saw myself as a lifer in this industry, and working as an actor on 'Wonder Years' was a first act.

I've been on over 1000 auditions.

I would love to do more television.

I'm not good at entertainment. I don't give myself to all the interviews, game shows, or talk shows.

I got my big break at the Royal Variety Performance in 2006 and returned in 2008, but now to host it is such an honour and I'm unbelievably excited.

I did say to myself one day, 'I'd love to be a Jewish comedian,' but that's my only memory with any connection to show business.

I love doing talk shows.

I don't do the show business lifestyle, you'll never see me rolling out of parties with a goody bag in my hand. My night out is a night in, with friends round for dinner.

I've got a chance to host a show called 'Redneck Island' on CMT. I love doing that show.

I think my TV show is gonna be my big thing, so I'm pretty focused on that, and I think doing that will lead to all of the other opportunities I want, to jump to movies and other stuff, but it starts with that.

I have an agent and everything. I audition occasionally.

I'd love to host a reality show now and not be a contestant in it. I want to take a show forward.

It's weird because we live in this age of reboots. Everything is getting rebooted: 'The X-Files,' 'Twin Peaks.' We have shows like 'Gravity Falls' that were inspired by these shows, that are now ending and being followed up by reboots of the shows that inspired them.

Actually, acting and hosting shows just happened on the way, and I will do it 'til it lasts and then concentrate on writing.

I'm here in Hollywood to do film and television and make enough money to get my kids through college.