My Name Is Arsenio. That's A Very

I Know I Did The Right Thing By Taking Time Off To Raise My Son. But It Also Came At A Price. I Turned Down Many Opportunities Over The Years Because I Didn't Want To Leave Him For Long Periods Of Time. And In Hollywood, As In Any Business, The Calls Stop Coming When You Don't Answer.

I Knew Going In That Being A Single Parent Would Be One Of The Toughest Jobs I'd Ever Have. I'd Been A Talk-show Host, Actor, Comic, And On And On, But This Gig Was Going To Be My Defining Moment.

When You're Doing Late Night You're On The Grind Every Night; You Send Someone To Check On Your Mom.

The Way I Approach Stardom And The Show, I'm Like A Politician. I'm An Elected Late-night Official To Do Your Work.

At One Point In My Career, While Still Hosting 'the Arsenio Hall Show,' I Was Told By My Doctor That It Might Not Be Physically Possible For Me To Have Children.