Is it helpful to watch past Globes shows?

Meyers rolls out the red carpet

opposed to reminding us how terrible it all was, is, continues to be.

I pitched in jokes when Amy (Poehler) and Tina (Fey) hosted, so I was backstage for those three years. I will certainly go back and revisit their monologues, because I felt as though they were as good as they get. And I think the same can be said for what Ricky (Gervais) did for the show, because I don’t think the show was even perceived this way until he took it over. So I think going back and watching those three hosts will be probably about all the education we’ll need.

How do you find time to watch all the nominated movies and TV shows?

It’s pretty great, because now we have a 20-month-old and another on the way, and I’m just so looking forward to telling my pregnant wife that I have to go watch these movies for work.

Do you have any rituals to calm your nerves before hosting a show like this?

There is alcohol on the premises, which is great. Usually I have to sneak it in. And it helps — you know, I’ve presented a couple times at the Globes, and one of the things that I do like about the Globes versus, say, the Emmys, is it’s just such a shorter walk from the wings to the microphone. That long walk when people are watching you... that’s when I feel like self-doubt really has a time to fester.

What are you most looking forward to about hosting the Golden Globes?

I imagine we’ll go out afterward, so I’m kind of looking forward to that part.

You’re looking forward to being done?

Yeah. I think being done will be awesome. No, I like telling jokes, and ultimately, when someone like me ends up doing something like this, all I can pretty much bring to it is jokes. I have so few other skills. There won’t be a big number; there won’t be any singing or dancing. So I will say it is nice to know it’ll only be as good as the jokes. —AP