Chris Harrison Quotes

I've been here for nine years, and over that time, these people have become like my family.

I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.

Television is the original social network. Consumers love great television, but they also love talking about television. Sharing with friends the thrill of the last episode, debating what will happen next, working to enlist friends to watch the same shows that you love.

I love all reality TV - Strictly, 'The X Factor.' I really don't see why people are so snobby about it.

As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.

Being able to go to someone's house and have dinner with them and their family, being able to go see a movie with them, or go shopping, it makes you really care for someone and hope that they succeed. That means a lot in an on-court relationship. It creates trust.

I feel like theatre gives me the grounding, and keeps me alive, basically. Film gives me the thrill, and it's like a one night stand. But I do enjoy being around people who love it so much.

I love that experience of seeing a bad movie or a movie that you don't even know, and then experiencing it with your friend.

If you are in a movie theater, you can look two people down and they are laughing while you are laughing or you can look three people down and they love that song that you love. It is living proof that you are not alone.

It's people politics, people dynamics that make a show really good, whether it's 'Desperate Housewives' or 'Lost' or 'The Sopranos.' It's the people we've grown to love or otherwise.

I think what makes us human - is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form and maintain relationships. It's the barometer by which we call ourselves human.

There's something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society.

You feel like you're really a part of a movement when you're singing Journey at a karaoke bar.

Wherever we are, it is our friends that make our world.

Community means people spending time together here, and I don't think there's really that.

The thing that's fun about the 'Housewives' is talking to your friends about it.

The editors and the creators of 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' they are so good at casting and at finding these young, beautiful lunatics to go on the show.

Reality shows help us create a balance between our real and reel side.

A lot of the things that we do in life are to find connection.

I try to make really close bonds with people.

Family is just the people you care about. We can bond with people that we have nothing in common with, even if it's just for a moment.

Laughter's good, but it's not love. It's one aspect. One emotion you're eliciting from your audience.

The city of Oakland, since I got here, has been like my second family. They've taken me in and had my back through the hard times and they've celebrated with me through the good times. And so, I love Oakland.

Oh won't you stay Stay a while with your own ones Don't ever stray Stray so far from your own ones 'Cause the world is so cold Don't care nothing for your soul That you share with your own ones.

I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the way from...." I miss that. I don't miss this - who is left to interview?