Malachy McCourt Quotes

I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It's the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much.

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 never thought I would become a television host, but I never thought anybody would pay me to just talk.

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

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

Television is where I'm most at home. I'm not one of those TV presenters who secretly yearns to be a Hollywood actress. Live telly is what I thrive on.

I don't think of myself as giving interviews. I just have conversations. That gets me in trouble.

I don't think I'd be a very good talk show host. I mean, I'm very talkative but I don't know if I could do that all the time.

You can be a great reporter and not be such a great 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.

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

I really like to hear actors talk about acting, but I don't really like hearing myself talk.

There's nothing like live radio. I like the challenge. Throw it my way. Let me go!

I adore every anchor I watch or I am standing next to. It's not the most easy job being live while you have countless instructions to follow. So, immense respect for each one out there.

I'm used to doing a lot of live broadcasting.

My areas of expertise are acting, comedy, radio jockeying.

I'm a television presenter, television is my first love.

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

So many people in my business go through W.W.C.D? What Would Costas Do? There are many things that I do on the air that make me think, 'That's not filled with much gravitas right there.' That's part of my style.

Being on TV in front of people is a lot different than sitting in a dark room with a microphone. When I had my radio show, I was on four hours a day for 20-something years. If you put a live microphone in front of Mother Teresa for that amount of time, she'd piss somebody off.

Having my own show - it's not something that I think of. It's not.

Sometimes, I think to myself, 'Damn, I don't speak as well as I used to.'

I don't think I would be very good on TV broadcasting games.

I love to consume information of all kinds, and I think that also hopefully helps with my broadcasting, that I always try to bring up a fact that maybe will connect to a person who's not a big fan, or maybe a pop culture reference.

Some nights I'm funny with the between-song commentary, some nights I'm not. I have no control over this. I pace the stage a lot and struggle with the mic stand in a ridiculous way.