Ben Mulroney

(about his role on "Canadian Idol") Ben: This show is first and foremost about the singers, and then about the judges, and maybe if we're lucky after that, and we have time, it should be about the host.

(on his "boy-next-door" good looks) Ben: I am accessible, but I didn't live next door. I lived next door to the French embassy, so when [the press] say that, it's a compliment. It means I'm slightly more grounded than they expected.that means I was raised well, and I don't take myself to seriously, and I shouldn't.

(on conducting "Red Carpet" interviews) Ben: You get a plot of land the size of postage stamp and you've got to have useless information in your head. You have to know how to cut a star short [during a conversation] because there's a bigger one next to them. It's all a blur the next day, so you hope that the bosses like it.