Ryan Seacrest Quotes

I believe that the ability to talk to people and have them feeling engaged rather than patronised isn't something you can learn. It's a bit like being able to sing or play cricket. You can either do it, or you can't.

Broadcasting was something, I don't want to say it came easy, but it's something I'm comfortable doing.

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

You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host.

I cannot sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host.

Ultimately, the best speakers are the ones who have put 10,000 hours into listening.

Someday I would really love to do a talk show. That's something I've always been interested in. I like to talk, and I love to help people.

Interviewing someone is a very proactive process and requires taking a lot of agency into your own hands to get past people's general normal self-preservation mode.

I've always thought if I could pick my interviewer, it'd be Charlie Rose, who I think is the best.

I always had an ability to listen and give people the space to open up and express themselves, and I was hoping it would translate on TV.

Being a host is about being able to communicate and build up a rapport with the audience.

I had this unusual mix of curiosity, the ability to write in ways people understood, and when I appeared, viewers seemed to trust me to get them through some cataclysmic changes.

At least for me personally, I've always tried to do a really good job every day, with each interview, and treat each interview seriously, and make the person I'm speaking with feel comfortable, hopefully make it an ideal experience.

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.

I am a communicator; that seems to be my natural place. And I'll always be passionate about the world, because it's so bonkers.

I did host the Jim Rome show with Jerry Ferrara for three hours when he was on vacation. Three hours is a long time. Think about how long that is. It was tricky, but it was a great experience.

Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.

I guess, as a reporter, I always thought that my biggest strength was that I could get anybody to talk to me. I wasn't the best writer, but I could get people to talk to me.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

I'm totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time.

I know I probably offend some people. I have been talking a little too much so I'm trying not to talk as much.

Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.

My life isn't necessarily more important than anyone else's: I'm just better in talking about it.