#ty

I have a very good sense of tone, and it's possible to talk about very personal things and maintain a level of dignity and even privacy - to go to the place, to talk about it, but not get icky. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#dignity #even #get #go #good

I see myself as life-sized, certainly not a supersized personality, and apparently after 30 years of television, that's what the audience thinks of me as well. I know this because for the first time in my career, I've just seen market research, and the thing I am known for is being authentic. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#am #apparently #audience #authentic #because

I'm getting paid to do what I got in trouble for in the 7th grade. I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business. ↗

— Rob Paulsen

#business #employment #full-time #getting #got

I think the success of a talk show depends on how true it is to the personality of the person hosting it. The shows I really admire, like 'Oprah' and 'Ellen,' are distinctively like their hosts, so I think my show will be successful only if we try to stay consistent to my own sense of myself. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#consistent #depends #distinctively #ellen #hosting

I think women think a lot about cycles, biological and personal. This year another cycle came around: my contract was up. It seemed an opportunity to take a life audit. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#another #around #audit #biological #came

I was an unusually private person - in a way, kind of insufferably so. I think I thought the celebrity thing when it happened was a temporary phenomenon, and I was above it. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#celebrity #celebrity thing #happened #i #i think

I'm excited about going back to 'Today,' but, at odd moments, I'll grit my teeth in anxiety. I feel like a student before the start of school. I've got my new shoes and my book bag, but I'm not sure I'll remember how to do trigonometry. During my maternity leave, I haven't used many words of more than one syllable. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#anxiety #back #bag #before #book

I'm sorry, but I can't imagine being an American icon! It would be pretty difficult to look at your face in the mirror and think of yourself as that without laughing and spitting toothpaste all over! ↗

— Jane Pauley

#being #difficult #face #i #icon

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#always #ambivalence #celebrity #fame #had

My guess is that people look at me and project their own values - importance of family, ego is healthy but not the biggest thing. I don't know. I can't explain my popularity. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#biggest thing #ego #explain #family #guess