I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post.
My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible.
I think we need to keep our faces out there and to keep our game out there and keep it growing.
I have a very small public.
I'm less shy now than I was as a kid. After Flight 1549, my family and I had to become public figures and more complete versions of ourselves. I had to teach myself to become an effective public speaker.
It's nice to be able to let the fans know that you're around and say 'Hi.'
I could still walk the street. I don't have to have no massive security.
We're in this industry, we feel like we need to be plugged into a news cycle all day long. You feel like if you're not commenting on the news 24 hours a day, seven days a week, you're not going to be relevant.
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama don't go to Georgetown... The Clintons did, indeed. And the Clintons go out and about in Washington now. They go to neighborhood restaurants.
A woman who walks well parts crowds - it's something we should all be taught to do.
My job as an actor is to be visible and to tell stories.
[Hillary Clinton] really wants to be president. She wanted to be president in '08. She's hardly left the spotlight.
I sense from people that they get frustrated with me for not being out and about. But I guess I'm a shy boy.
I don't use my voice a lot in public.
It's one of the things about being a person with a public presence, to get to lend your name to a worthy cause.
Most days I am in public. If I go to the store, with social media, I'm in public. It might as well be a press conference.
There are plenty of Muslim women who are backbones of the community, but they aren't usually at the forefront. There just aren't a lot of me out there - women in hijabs, doing what I do.
I knew I always wanted to be 50 percent social media and 50 percent traditional media. Because I believe the stars of the future will need both.
You shouldn't inflict yourself on the public when your fifteen minutes is up.
One reason I do the live shows - and the monthly speeches at public radio stations - is to remind myself that people hear the show, that it has an audience, that it exists in the world. It's so easy to forget that.
When people don't hear you on the radio they think 'maybe he retired.'
I'm very active on social media and see the huge impact it has on engaging with fans and being able to have a voice.
I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
I am called a legend, and people see me as one, but because of that, I don't think I should have to hide at home and only go on holidays, drink champagne, and watch TV. I am somebody that wants to impact onto people's lives.
I'm not reclusive. I'm out and about.
