A Quote by Ellen DeGeneres

Hosting the Oscars is pretty much the scariest thing you can do. To me, this is right up there with bungee jumping! — © Ellen DeGeneres
Hosting the Oscars is pretty much the scariest thing you can do. To me, this is right up there with bungee jumping!
I've done plenty of daredeviling - from white-water rafting to bungee jumping. But I think the most fearless was hosting the Emmy Awards. It was overwhelming, and I definitely had to leave fear at the door.
I like doing things that scare me. I went bungee jumping, but sky diving is just the sickest thing.
Hearing people clapping draws you in pretty quick. It's like bungee cord jumping - it's a rush; you just want to do it again.
I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand.
I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand...
I've been sky-diving three times. I would go right now if someone told me the plane was about to take off. I love it. I'm an adrenaline junkie. I don't want to go bungee-jumping.
I might have tried bungee jumping, until I saw that video of that guy whose cord came untied. He didn't know it 'till he hit the ground. Oh, he flew off that tower, hollering at his buddies. "Whoo, check me out, dudes! Oh, that ground is coming up..." WHAM! And what do you say, if you're the operator of that ride, to the next guy in line? "All right dude, you're up."
I just kept throwing out two or three major ideas, and then that was pretty much right when Tom Phillips came to me asking about the commentary idea and I ended up jumping into that, went down a rabbit hole I never expected.
Hosting the Oscars is much like making love to a woman. It's something I only get to do when Billy Crystal is out of town.
Hosting a game show is so bizarre and uniquely its own thing. Anytime I'm hosting something, I try to bring as much of myself to it as I can, but it's always going to be incomplete.
Hosting is work. It means you don't get to go up to your room and disappear and take a nap. Like everybody else does after lunch. I'm talking about hosting, not hosting a dinner party, but hosting people staying in your home.
I never went bungee jumping. The closest I did was I was born.
I try to lead a pretty active lifestyle. My biggest hobby is traveling with my family. I love to travel to new places and try crazy things. I'm a bit of a daredevil, so I have done things like zip lining, parasailing, scuba diving, and reverse bungee jumping!
I want to do some things before I have children, because when I have children it's not going to happen. I've done bungee jumping, I've done the running with the bulls, I guess sky diving is the last thing on my list.
I can't believe I am hosting the Oscars. It's an honor everyone else said no.
One phrase you don't want kicking off your obituary is, Never, in the long history of bungee jumping.
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