He was so popular you could barely look at him without being blinded by cool.

What? I have a cold. Don’t get a look of terror on your face. The worst that could happen is that you’ll get a cold, too. You don’t have to theatrically Purell a thousand times a day and look all panicky every time I come into the room.

More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look

I cringe a lot when I look at my early talk-show experiences.