Julie Chen Quotes

After I started getting criticism for doing ‘Big Brother,’ someone told me that Hugh Downs used to host ‘Concentration’ and Mike Wallace used to do ‘The Big Surprise.’ I thought, Huh, maybe that door isn’t sealed shut if I want to do ’60 Minutes’ one day.

I love playing with my dog.

I guess because I was on the ‘Early Show’ for so many years, any little victory here is something kind of new for me.

I’m not taking maternity leave from ‘Big Brother.’ I e-mailed my boss over there this weekend and I said, ‘Don’t worry. I can still do the show!

When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don’t see that anymore.

Slow and steady wins the race. I feel like I know in my bones if we’re doing a good job and continue to do a good job, the ratings will come.

Anything that can happen, will happen.

So, I’m getting less chips, paying the same amount of money. Is that legal for them to do this?

My sister is dying for us to do ‘Amazing Race’ together. I would do it because we’re very compatible. We’ve traveled the world, and we’re adventurous eaters because of our Chinese culture – unless it comes to bugs.

You need to prioritize. If you can’t get to everything or do everything, that’s okay.

After a while some of the houseguests at Big Brother can become a little bit high maintenance so they’re going to find everything to be irritating. We don’t really try to show it on the show. How interesting is that? But we can make a funny story out of it when they complain, complain, complain.

If you’re trying to be something you’re not, whether it’s an age or a certain type of personality, you’re just going to be in misery. You have to own who you are, and part of who you are is your age.

I need to have a cheesesteak.

I love an afternoon nap.

My very first news director said to me that it’s better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral.