“You can't fight human nature. Ego is going to get the best of everyone. You're going to think you can trust someone when you can't. People who come in the Big Brother house have a strong sense of self and often it gets handed to them when they get evicted.” PeopleThinkingFightingHouseStrongHuman NatureBrotherEgoSense Of Self Author:Julie Chen
“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.” TryingInterestingBrotherComplainingIrritatingFunny Story Author:Julie Chen
“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.” IfsTryingAgeCertainTypePersonalityWho You AreMisery Author:Julie Chen
“You will never be on this anchor desk, because you're Chinese.” ChineseDesksAnchors Author:Julie Chen
“I don't know what's going on that I'm hosting the Emmys during really hard times. But I guess it's an honor and a privilege that I'm the one who gets to try to walk that line of making people feel good.” PeopleKnowsFeelsTryingHardLinesWalksHonorPrivilegeFeel GoodHard TimesEmmys Author:Julie Chen
“When I was in journalism school, you were taught to be completely objective. But we don't see that anymore.” SchoolTaughtObjectivesJournalism Author:Julie Chen
“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.” IfsKnowsFeelsJobsWinningRaceBonesSteadyGood JobRatingSlow And Steady Author:Julie Chen
“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!” SaidStillsI CanShowsBigsWorryBrotherBossWeekendMaternityMaternity Leave Author:Julie Chen
“You need to prioritize. If you can't get to everything or do everything, that's okay.” IfsNeedsOkayPrioritize Author:Julie Chen
“My very first news director said to me that it's better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral.” FirstsSaidDirectorsNewsHatedViewers Author:Julie Chen
“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.” IfsWantBigsUsedDoorsMinutesBrotherOne DayCriticismSurpriseConcentrationHostMikeBig Surprises Author:Julie Chen
