If I could meet anyone living or dead: "It would definitely be Paul McCartney. A couple years ago I attended a PETA event in Los Angeles and gave up eating for an entire evening just to meet him . Peter Max invited me -- he's my favorite artist of all time. I made it into the area for special VIPs, along with Bob Costas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Pryor and Monica Lewinsky. But only Peter Max got into the private-private VIP area to shake Paul's hand. I only got to stand six feet from Paul."
Most embarrassing professional moment: "That time at the Playboy Mansion when Bill Maher told me in front of a gaggle of journalists and a few Playmates that I asked stupid questions. I didn't get a date that night. Then again, most of the women were topless, so it wasn't a complete loss."
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay did not enjoy his free copy of "The Family."
(Harry Cabluck - AP File Photo)
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Favorite film comedy: The original "Airplane."
Memorable incident on an airplane: "A few weeks after 9/11, I correctly identified the two undercover air marshals on a Delta Shuttle flight. They told me I had endangered everyone on the flight with my 'damn mouth' and threw me off the plane. It was really awful."
Favorite quote: "I tell politicians and all of my clients, 'It's not what you say that matters, it's what people hear.' "
Nobody knows: "How little I read. I haven't read a book cover-to-cover in two years and I only read the free newspapers at hotels and on planes."
Presidential debate prediction: "None for you, but I'll do it on MSNBC. They pay me."
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