Tonight Show Quotes

Every comedian dreams of hosting 'The Tonight Show' and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second.
Conan O'Brien

Love, Dreams, Regret

I wouldn't totally rule out doing Letterman or the Tonight Show if I had a set that I just happened to write that I thought was funny but was still appropriate for network censors. But I'm not going to go out of my way.
Joe Rogan

Funny, Thought, Write

When I got a call from Los Angeles to do the Tonight Show, I considered it more of an inconvenience than an opportunity.
Lorna Luft

Show, Call, Tonight

I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.
Lara Flynn Boyle

Work, Fun, Friends

My first appearance as a guest on The Tonight Show was in '81.
Garry Shandling

Show, Appearance, Tonight

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.
Branford Marsalis

Show, Culture, Left

You know, I never knew if I had any talent when I started in this business. My first job was being a page at The Tonight Show. I saw Jack Paar come out one night and sit on the edge of his desk and talk about what he'd done the night before. I thought, 'I can do that!' I used to do that on a street corner in the Bronx with all my buddies.
Regis Philbin

Business, Job, Done

When I did 'The Tonight Show' and Jay Leno was still there, he was very nice but it was surreal. It's like you can't believe you're standing there talking to that person. If you've seen them in a lot of movies or on TV you feel like you know them, just like my fans feel like they know me.
Rodney Atkins

Movies, Nice, Person

People don't know this, but early in your career, you don't just glide on to The Tonight Show.
Tea Leoni

Career, Show, Early

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.
John Candy

Show, Once, Tonight

I want to get back and figure out how we're going to make 'The Tonight Show' funny and good.
Andy Richter

Funny, Good, Show

Internet radio stations like KCRW do take you everywhere, yet that's just one of a hundred small things you have to do to succeed. It used to be, if you just got on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' and a spotlight on 'The Tonight Show,' that was enough.
Teddy Thompson

Small, Enough, Succeed

There's always something about the Tonight Show that makes me a little bit anxious, nervous, excited. But it's good. It's good. It's been real good for me. It always has helped my career and Jay and all the people here have always been great.
Jon Secada

Good, Great, Real

Yes, I'm supposed to go back to New York to do Geraldo, and we're going to be doing The Tonight Show.
Bobby Sherman

Show, Yes, York

In 1980, when I graduated from high school, my goal was to be on 'The Tonight Show' with Johnny Carson at least once before our ten-year class reunion. Our class reunion was in June of 1990, and I was on 'The Tonight Show' in April 1990, so I made it by a few months.
Jeff Dunham

School, Made, Goal

It's really not that hard. If I do a Tonight Show, it's six or seven minutes. If I do a concert, it's 90 minutes. If I do an interview, that's 15 minutes. So by the end of the day I've done three hours worth of work.
Howie Mandel

Work, End, Hard

I was supposed to be on the Tonight Show but I broke my shoulder instead.
Rip Taylor

Show, Broke, Tonight

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