Regis Philbin

“Everything is a gag.”

“I've been lucky. I've had a wonderful career. I'm a very, very lucky man.”

“It's the greatest city in the world. It's a big party. You can't have a bad time in New York.”

“Is that your final answer?”

“I'm out of my mind, I'm crazy!”

“When you're a talk-show host, you have to be very careful about what you say. I'm not saying you can't be critical, but you have to be fair.”

“You know, you can't please everybody. So I have to be me.”

“I'm not a comedian. I'm a conversationalist.”

“For the first 50 years of my life I had a lot of fun.”

“I got a chance to be on TV, and I got a chance to be myself.”

“There's always a story. That's what I love about this job. There's always something going on.”

“My life is a dream. I'm so lucky.”

“What you see is what you get. I'm not a phony. I'm just a guy who is having a great time.”