Joel McHale
Joel McHale

E! didn't like it when we'd make fun of clips from ESPN - they'd be like, 'That's sports! That's not our audience!'

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

When I started 'The Soup' back in 2004, I was so anxious because I can't really read, and I had to read teleprompter.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

I always excelled in sports, so I knew I had advantages there. That really gave me, like, confidence and self-esteem.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

I knew I was good at sports, and I knew I loved acting and performing, so I really dove into that, and school always became secondary.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

On 'The Soup,' we were never a political show.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

The #MeToo movement is insanely serious, and there's no comedy to be mined out of that.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

I don't feel any pressure to joke about #MeToo - in fact, I'd say you shouldn't, because it's a great movement that is exposing some really awful behavior and hopefully changing the culture.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

I like anything with Zak Bagans and ghost hunters.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

The editors and the creators of 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette,' they are so good at casting and at finding these young, beautiful lunatics to go on the show.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

I love making fun of YouTubers.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

When E! ended the show, it wasn't because it was low-rated. It was because E! did not want to pay union rerun dues.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

I couldn't read the way that other students read, so I would just cheat, which, in my silly brain, I was like, 'This is a skill that I'm developing - how to just get around everything!'

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

Now I tell my mom, I go, 'Mom, you know when I was a kid and you told me to turn off the television and go outside and play?' I'd be like, 'You literally were hurting my career when you did that. You literally stopped me from doing now, what I do for a living.'

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

With 'The Soup,' obviously it has to be totally scripted out, and then, within that, I improvise punchlines and sometimes setups if I can't read the teleprompter properly.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

Acting is what I'd always wanted to do; hosting 'The Soup' was more because of Greg Kinnear.

Joel McHale
Joel McHale

I like 'American Idol' because it's an actual talent contest.