The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

NBC's priorities are Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno, and then there's me.

The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy.

I don't have a sidekick - no Ed McMahon. So when I go out there, I'm lonely. It's scary.

Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him.

I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.

You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.

It's important for people to realize I don't want to be the It guy. I want to crawl before I walk. I want to learn about things before I jump into them.

I love 'Last Call.' It took me a little bit to figure out that I wasn't going to be that guy in a suit telling monologue jokes.

No one's on at my time but infomercials.

A good butcher is important to have. It's like a shrink.

Optimism is like a firefly. A bright blaze of hope, unable to be captured.

The struggle to the top alone will make a human heart SWELL.

I am just not a great fan of the Piers Morgan format. I would rather do something a bit more substantial.

I have seen men march to the wars, and then I have watched their homeward tread, and they brought back bodies of living men, But their eyes were cold and dead.

The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born when we die.

Hail nothing full of nothing, nothing is with thee.

Only in a true life or death scenario can you have mental clearness to know that you cannot feel guilty for surviving.

If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.

It’ll be the ballot or it’ll be the bullet. It’ll be liberty or it’ll be death. And if you’re not ready to pay that price don’t use the word freedom in your vocabulary.

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.