That's not me, that's a group of people that had a common purpose. 'It took hundreds and hundreds over these years to bring the messages and the food that I wanted to share with everyone to them. Rachael Ray 365 No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners Rachael Ray 365 No Repeats: A Year of Deliciously Different Dinners. Recipes to your own online collection at. I shouldn't get the credit for that,' Ray adds. Browse and save recipes from Rachael Ray Make Your Own Take-Out Deck: More than 50 M.Y.O.T.O.

'I want people to see themselves and feel good about themselves. I believe that and I know she believes that.' 'The whole point of my work has always been that I wanted people to know that anybody could be a Rachael Ray or even an Oprah. That's the whole point of it, especially our show,' she says. The nerves come from the fact that her show was about others, and being honored puts the focus on her, Ray explains.

, of course, grateful and humble, but also intensely nervous.' I'm not supposed to be standing beside a microphone,' Ray tells ET of the honor. 'People that are worker bees, we're not comfortable in situations like this. Period.'Īnother person Ray feels grateful to know is Oprah Winfrey, who gave her her start on TV years ago. Whenever I cook for people, or share with people, or try and show people and ask our producers to help me share with people, it's to make everyone feel more optimistic. That is the entire point of everything I try to do in life. I'm just so blessed to know a person that's that optimistic. 'I love his family, his wife, his kids, and that's the most optimistic, coolest person that will just shut you up. Fox, who was 'without a question' Ray's favorite celebrity guest. Still, welcoming celebrities on was fun too, no one more so than Michael J. 'We try and show people how extraordinary their neighbor is and how every person can change the world, and the course of the world, from children to people in their 80s that just do things for their communities that blow your mind. 'The thing I'm proudest of is that people see themselves ,' she says.

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