Chris Harrison
Real life happens. Sometimes it's messy. Sometimes it doesn't work.Collection: Work
Dating is hard. It's difficult and not quantity, but quality. Finding a good person.Collection: Dating
I've been able to see the world many times over.
If anyone had said that they knew their show was going to run for 15 years, you'd say you're out of your mind.
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.
Not to get too deep, but I was brought up by these women who if you wanted to label them, maybe they were feminists, but you know what? They never asked for that or wanted it and they never got up on a soapbox and spoke about it, they just did it. They did their work, they did their jobs, they were who they were.
You never really see me, unless its accidental, in the tabloids or any of those magazines.
I'm not really the type of guy that dates out loud, lives out loud.
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.
People destroy relationships because they force unnecessary issues instead of letting it grow naturally and organically. Once somebody feels trapped or forced into something it's only a matter of time before they run.
One of the greatest things to hear on a date is 'I never do this,' which translates to 'I pretty much always do this but I'm conflicted about it and I'd really like you to believe I don't.'
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.
Being dumped sucks, period.
You want there to be some magical answer that will just make everything clear and easy to understand, and that's just not the way love works.
The most dangerous thing a Bachelor or Bachelorette can do is zero in on someone early and just shut everybody and everything else out emotionally.
To have a man play guitar and sing to you is cool.
For those of us on this planet who have never done wrong and are always right and are just down right 100% perfect all the time, life can be hard.
I should be better with my grammar and set a better example for my kids. Just not sure that ain't gonna happen.
The 'Bachelor' producers have scripted and are responsible for certain events: the first moon landing, the end of the cold war, Astro-turf, and the Internet (sorry, Al Gore, it was us). But we are not responsible for, nor have we ever scripted, the ending of this show.
You are responsible for the choices you make in this life period, end of story.
Sorry, never been a car guy.
Before every season we take the Bachelor or Bachelorette out for publicity shots and video.
We can't have a show where we only show the good parts and when things turn ugly, as life often does, we stop pack up our stuff, apologize to the millions watching, and just go home.
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?
Hard to believe, I'm sure, but I am not a tattoo guy. Never had one and never will.
I don't get to like-watch anything, much less hate-watch. I don't have time for that.
As producers, you always have to go with the flow and be ready to embrace change, and drama and whatever happens.
I don't always want to wear the same outfit, so why where the same ring?
I know it sounds silly, but no one really anticipates just how mentally and emotionally taxing and unbelievably physically grueling it is to be the Bachelor.
I'm from Texas and grew up in the South. Very old-school and traditional. Married, had a kid. Suit and tie. The guy next door.
Whether Mike Fleiss knew it at the start or not, the genius behind the show is that it's so simple. 'The Bachelor' is just about the one currency that transfers all around the world.
Nik Wallenda and his family are legendary.
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.
Hosting the Miss America Pageant is a job all TV hosts dream of one day holding.
I don't believe we get to choose in life what we get to deal with and what we don't.
I don't believe you get to just act like things didn't happen because it's uncomfortable or sad.
You have to take the good with the bad in life.
I attempt to do my best and do what's right, but that doesn't mean I'm always right.
I always like how a seemingly benign activity that was meant to be fun can turn into drama.
It's very rare I'll watch anything I'm a part of and think, 'I wouldn't change a thing.'
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.
I hear from many soldiers who are proud members of Bachelor Nation.
The truth is that the right decision often can't be led with either head or heart exclusively.
There are few shows on television as strong and iconic as 'Millionaire.'
I think there is an insatiable appetite for romance and for love stories, which is partly why these books and movies do so well.
The Bachelor Canada' will be uniquely Canadian in and of itself because you're going to have a 100 percent Canadian cast, you're going to use Canada as a backdrop, you'll be going to all of those iconic places around Canada from coast-to-coast.
Everybody understands companionship, wants it, gets it, no matter what it looks like.
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 live a healthy life, but I don't do eight hours in the gym, nor do I want to.
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?