People have asked me sometimes, ‘How did you make the show work, because it was difficult and there were a lot of problems and you didn’t have any experience.’ And I said, ‘When a house is on fire and you’re in it and there’s one way out, you’re going that way …. It’s not heroic or anything, it’s just my ass was on fire and there was one way out. I’m not going to be the answer to the trivia question, ‘Who was the biggest loser in late-night history.
