Clement Freud Quotes

Besides film, I'd like to be the young Regis. That would be great. Going back and forth from L.A. to New York. Doing stuff on food. Doing stuff on kids. Just talking about issues that are relevant. Doing things on the Olympic Games.

Screw being a singer! I wanna be the voice of my generation with my talk show.

It's not listed in the Bible, but my spiritual gift, my specific calling from God, is to be a television talk-show host.

I wouldn't want to be a talk show host. That's another awkward compliment people make. 'You should have your own talk show.' And I think, no thank you.

Is there something psychologically wrong with David Gregory? No, besides the usual superhuman vanity of a television professional. He is just not a great host of a news talk show!

I'd actually rather have a talk show in Australia than even America; I hope I do end up with a talk show.

Unfortunately, no matter how much time you get, you can always use more.

Question Time' had been on my fantasy bucket list for some time. Of all the jobs in broadcasting that's the job I knew I wanted to do.

The only thing I don't have is enough time.

You know, I wish I had more time in the week.

There are never enough minutes in the day for what I want to do.

I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.

The days have never been long enough to do the things I would like to do. Every year has held more of interest than the year before.

And nobody had told them that they were short on time.

The big problem is time. I don't have enough of it to do all the things I think about doing.

It's so much better for me to do a talk show. You still have that energy of the audience, and the audience is just as important as that guest that's sitting next to me. It's not about me and that guest exchanging energy and talking. It's about everything that's going on in that room, and they're as much a part of the show as anything. I like this better than anything I've ever done.

I suddenly realized that we were on borrowed time, that time is always borrowed, and that the lending agency exacts its premium precisely when we are least prepared to pay and need to borrow more.

I got a call from my mom today, she says, 'Well, David, I see you didn't get the 'Tonight Show' again.'

You have to watch the clock constantly because youre only allowed out of your home for a limited period, and for a busy person, watching the clock and knowing other people are watching the clock is extremely difficult.

A time, methinks, too short To make a world-without-end bargain in.

If Sigmund Freud had watched Phil Donahue he would never have wondered what women want.

Whether it's a steroid conversation, or a player who gets into trouble, whatever it may be. Because of that, it makes you wonder what you can do if you had a little more space. That's the fun of the show for me - I have an hour worth of space.

I work more now perhaps because I know that there is so little time left.

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

In truth, how much time do any of us really have?