Adam Carolla Quotes

I'm syndicated on the radio - my show is called 'The Sweat Hotel.'

I wanted to be a radio announcer.

I started doing a half-hour Sunday night talk show on college radio station KUNV. That excited me more than anything I'd ever done. I went through the Yellow Pages to find people who seemed interesting. I'd goof on these people, but they were so excited to be on the radio that they didn't even notice.

I would call myself a radio performer who has just jumped in front of the camera and is very happy.

I would love to do co-hosting somewhere to some degree.

I do like talk shows. I'm interested in talking to people.

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

I love to listen to Howard Stern with the guy who drives me.

I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.

I have had a lot of experience in broadcasting.

All I really wanted was to be a full-time disc jockey.

Being a broadcaster encompasses the business of sport, which is my life today, and it encompasses the skills of being a history student, and the ability of being a performer.

This is Red Barber speaking. Let me say hello to you all.

I fantasized being a broadcaster.

Long ago, I did a five-and-a-half-hour-a-day, six-day-a-week talk show for four years, early on, in Los Angeles - local show. And when you are on that many hours with no script, you know, you get very comfortable, maybe overly comfortable with that small audience.

I love doing my 'Buried Treasure' show.

Express yourself in any way possible.

I love being an anchor, as it gives you a chance to be yourself.

Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

One of my true dreams is to do a sports talk radio show and take calls.

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

You're required to be outspoken in journalism, and in television you're exposed anyway, because everyone watches it.

Onstage is the one time in my day that I can let it all out.

Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.

I guess the best advice I ever got or anyone could get for doing a talk show, though it has not been easy very often, was from Jack Paar, who said, 'Kid, don't make it an interview. Interviews have clipboards, and you're like David Frost. Make it a conversation.'