"It doesn't work that way. You try and do the best you can and it didn't work." In May 2009, Leno said goodbye to The Tonight Show and began hosting The Jay Leno Show at 10 p.m. on NBC.

Anything you do, there's a risk factor." "You have to joke about it," the former host of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno added about the benefits of remaining positive. "There's nothing worse than ...