Dan Levy Quotes

I've always been more natural at doing hosting things: reading teleprompters, taking direction and asking questions... I'm actually able to perform a little bit.

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.

But I really like hosting, I think it's a strength of mine. It allows me to improvise, and I love the spontaneity of that, and I think I'm funny behind the desk when interviewing someone.

I don't think I have the face - may have the voice but not the demeanor for an anchor. And I defied it.

Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.

Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.

If you could see the instructions that I gave Jerry to begin with, I'd be embarrassed.

My junior year, I was in a play at school and five days before opening night, I still didn't know my lines. Opening night was a disaster. I was so embarrassed. The director made me work backstage for the rest of the performance.

Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence.

I just can't stand the sound of my voice sometimes, or how my face looks. There are always a few times at every premiere when I just have to cover my eyes when I'm up there.

A biggest mistake I made when I started doing a talk show was I thought you had to read the books.

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

I'm a terrible interviewer. I'm not a journalist - although I have a Peabody Award - and I'm not really a late-night host. What I am is honest.

I love getting dressed up and glamorous for the red carpet. It makes me feel powerful and sexy!

There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.

What I think of as a mistake might be something that does really well at the box office, so I'm my own harshest critic - as we all are, really.

If this whole acting thing doesn't work out, I'll just get a talk show.

The secret of my success? I speak in a loud clear voice and try not to bump into the furniture.

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner

I'm a journalist and, before, a next TV star.

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

When you blow an audition that you have a lot of importance on, it haunts you for years.

If ever there were a candidate destined to shine on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' Sarah Palin would be that woman.

If I'd been in a school play, I'd probably have sneezed and messed everything up.

One of my first interviews was Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, and Johnny Depp for 'Pirates of the Caribbean.' I was in eighth grade at the time, little teenybopper. I was so, so nervous. I just remember Johnny had an aura around him.