Quotes

[when asked if he enjoys being famous] Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't. I've always been a people watcher. I like to go to malls and just sit, and I can't do that very easily anymore.

[responding to a question about his childhood] Weirdo. Weirdo. Underachiever. Weirdo. Weirdo.

[on government] The less the better. As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed.

I honestly think that it automatically hurts me if I said that I supported the war in Iraq and I support the troops. That automatically kills me for getting a bunch of movies, a bunch of television shows. People don't want to hear from me.

[2007, on succeeding Bob Barker as host of The Price Is Right (1972)] This show fits me like an old shoe, I'm telling you, I love doing it, I'm really happy here, I feel like I belong here, audience certainly feels like I belong.

You can buy liquor in a drive-thru store, but you can't smoke a joint in your own damn house.

[on Johnny Carson] If he liked you a lot, he would wave you over. I'm not even saying this is a joke but people talk about the feeling of the Holy Spirit going through you and your body that something's changed in your life forever. Being called over to the couch on the "Johnny Carson Show" was the closest I came to that.

I looked at game show hosting as the bottom of the totem pole, one step away from infomercials. I never watched them myself. However, it's been a lot of fun. We try out new things and keep a lot of the classic elements people remember. I enjoy getting to know new people and seeing them win.

Libertarians are essentially what the Republicans were 30 years ago. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan. They would all fit more under the Libertarian label than the modern day Republican label.

One day, I was running around playing with my son Connor when afterwards I was sweating, tired and out of breath. I was embarrassed that something as enjoyable as playing with my son was so tough for me to do. Immediately, I started an extensive diet and exercise plan. It completely changed my life and helped cure my Type-2 diabetes.

[on his 1991 appearance on the Johnny Carson Show that was a major career booster] I think the whole routine got him. But the one that really got him was a bit about eating a chili dog at Denny's, and having all the cholesterol march right down to my heart, telling the lettuce to get the hell out of the way. I think he was holding onto his desk for that one.

[on hosting The Price Is Right (1972)] All through my twenties, I was broke. I didn't start making money until I was in my thirties doing stand-up. I really don't take money for granted. I have a lot of empathy for people on the show. I know what it must mean for them to win $5,000, which doesn't seem like a lot of money to give away on a game show nowadays. But it's a lot of money.

[on the passing of Bob Barker]: Very sad day for the Price is Right family and animal lovers all over the world. There hasn't been a day on set that I didn't think of Bob Barker and thank him. I will carry his memory in my heart forever.

[on Why He Loves Hosting ‘The Price Is Right’] You might say that everything in my life has prepared me to host The Price Is Right because besides having improv and stand-up experience, which helps me relax in front of cameras, I was stone-broke for years. I once gave my blood plasma to get money for food. If a billionaire won the $10,000 I gave away today, it would be nice, but he wouldn't jump up and down. But when regular people win $10,000...I can really appreciate that the money helps pay college tuition or for a living room set or a tour of the Vatican.