Quotes from Chris Harrison

I'm not a big room service guy.

ABC would love to do groundbreaking shows and there are moments for that, but they're also trying to entertain millions and millions of people and paid advertisers and keep my family happy.

As much as we joke around about 'The Bachelor' being the most dramatic show ever, Miss America really is an amazingly dramatic moment.

I probably became more understanding and empathetic about 'The Bachelor,' and why people are on it, than I was the first 10 years of the show when I was married, because I really do understand how hard it is out there, how hard it is to meet somebody that you really have a connection with.

I love finding little places off the beaten path.

I loved being in love, I loved my marriage and being married and all that stuff.

You can't ever reach perfection in this business, but that's one of the things I love. It's something that can't ever be mastered, but you can attempt to get as close as possible.

The camera doesn't make you a better person, it doesn't even change the person that you are, it just magnifies who you are.

I love that my fashion is such a big deal.

No guy - and I mean no guy - should wear a bikini bottom.

Sometimes marriages break up, sometimes relationships don't work.

Being dumped sucks, period.

It started back in 2002, when there was hardly any reality television. 'Survivor' had just started. My hope and dream was that 'The Bachelor' would last one or two nights on network TV, so I might meet somebody in the network and then I could get a real job.

I love weddings.

The Bachelor' has always been a great show that embraces what's happening in the world and embraces pop culture.

You never really see me, unless its accidental, in the tabloids or any of those magazines.

You know sometimes in life it just takes one little push to get you over the hill and from there it can be a beautiful ride.

Every Bachelor and Bachelorette says, 'I never would have dated a person like that or a person from this place.' But if you're on the 'Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette,' obviously your type isn't working. So our job is to break that comfort barrier.

Hard to believe, I'm sure, but I am not a tattoo guy. Never had one and never will.

As producers, you always have to go with the flow and be ready to embrace change, and drama and whatever happens.

I was a sportscaster right out of school. I used to do the nightly newscast and the nightly sportscast and I would write, produce, do live shots. Yeah, I loved it. That's how I cut my teeth in the business.

Love is a competition. If you don't think so, then you're crazy, because why are you dressing up, why are you wearing those heels, why are you wearing that $400 perfume? Why are you shaving your chest and eating 40,000 egg whites?

Every guy has his own style and his own way of sharing his feelings and love for a woman. Who am I to judge whether it's right or wrong?

I've been doing 'The Bachelor' long enough that I don't really care whose feathers I ruffle and how many waves I cause, because my personal life is much more important to me than my professional life now.