MTV was such a great training for me. I did live interviews with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna.
Men often think it’s the bad boys who get the hot chicks. But I’m living proof that the good guys win.
When I was a freshman in high school, I got a letterman jacket, which you’d think would be great stock. The jacket had the big S on it, for Santa Monica. But rather than having a football or a baseball on the S, I had a little nine iron. Girls thought it was a flute.
A friend of mine – a cameraman at MTV – lost a lot of weight from cycling, and I thought Id try it, too, thinking whenever you look at a cyclist they all look super-skinny, so hey, why not? But then it turned into such a psychologically satisfying thing.
I’m developing a record company. I’m learning how to supervise music on a film.
I stumbled into this format for ‘Last Call with Carson Daly’ that I really like, inspired by cable and Dave Attell’s ‘Insomniac.’ I love being out on the street.
I’m from California, but my father, who passed away when I was young, was from Newark. When I was kid, we would go back east and catch Yankees games. His side of the family are big Yankees fans. But, the real connection came in ’97 when I moved to New York and became friends with the team.
My girlfriend Siri is a food blogger, and we both love to entertain and eat. This is what happens when you’re in your thirties: what was once a passion and real appetite for nightlife in New York City manifests itself into other things, like entertaining at home.
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.
If I could be lucky enough to just have radio as the base for the rest of my life, I could build off that. No matter how successful I become, I always look at radio as the only skill set I can really call on. I even know how to operate the boards.
I do California casual a little bit better than really small European cut, tight apparel But I can rock some Gucci when I need to. I say this as I’m wearing Adidas sweatpants and a ten-year-old Chrome Hearts T-shirt.
A good butcher is important to have. It’s like a shrink.
It’s hard to be a breakout show and stay on top. We’re like the flagship show over here.
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.
You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.
It was really fun being in Tara’s trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She’s so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.
I don’t have a sidekick – no Ed McMahon. So when I go out there, I’m lonely. It’s scary.
No one’s on at my time but infomercials.
The plate tectonics of media have shifted where NBC had to become a new media company from an old media company.
Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him.