You may not know his name, but chances are you've heard of his best-selling books — He's Just Not That Into You and It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken — which rocked the dating world and empowered people across the country to make positive changes within their relationships.

Now, the guy with all the right words has taken the next step in his quest to become the nation's foremost comedian/relationship guru, launching his own daytime talk show: The Greg Behrendt Show.

The hourlong weekday show, which premiered Sept. 12, focuses on relationship issues between lovers, friends and family members. Earlier this week, 43-year-old Behrendt chatted with us about the show, his mission and what it means to join the likes of Oprah, Dr. Phil and Jerry Springer.

A: No. Not even. Until the book, that possibility never even existed. Once I got on Oprah, I went, "Maybe there is a place for me on daytime television."

Q: You've said, "Oprah's the queen. Dr. Phil is your dad. Ellen is your sister, and then I'm like your brother." How do you try to relate to your guests?

A: The ultimate goal is to sort of be more of a friend than an authority. Although I have things I believe about life and ideas about what people should be doing, I'm giving them to you like your brother would.

A: No, not really. Jay Leno called me the other day after the premiere and said he liked it. He said, "You're great, the set's great, and your audience is great," which is very flattering and very cool.

A: My goal is to get people psyched about their lives and to not make choices that don't work for them. That was the goal of He's Just Not That Into You. My belief is certainly that no one else gets to ruin your life. That privilege belongs to you.

A: It all depends on if people are willing. I try to say, "Do you think it's a problem? Are you aware that what you're doing isn't succeeding?"

A: No, not really. This is me being me. If it works it works, if it doesn't it's not a big deal. I don't put those kind of fears on myself because you can't live like that. I did it because I had the opportunity to take two things that I love, comedy and the ability to help people, and put them together.

A: In a good way. There's things I see I don't like, like, "My hair's too blonde" or "Maybe I won't wear that vest again." To me it's an opportunity to wear great clothes, and I'm down with that.

A: I tackle problems the way I do in the books. And because we will, of course, be doing dating, love, relationships and all that kind of stuff.

A: No one is ever going to throw a chair on our show, and it's never going to get real dark like it does on Oprah. We're about the moving-on part of your life. I'm not above telling someone to floss. That's a small victory, but certainly a victory nonetheless.

A: We're trying to get it to be this really nice blend of comedic and loving at the same time. What can we surprise people with? (One girl said) "I like this guy, but he lives in Korea." I said, "I have tickets to Korea, and you can go right now. Stop talking about it and do it. Take a risk. Go for it."

A: It's the best. We have a very particular type of relationship. We just really thrive together. For us it is awesome because we don't have to come home and go, "How was your day?"

A: You have to like yourself. You have to take care of yourself. You know how you feel after you work out, take a shower or brush your teeth? That's the person who needs to show up in your relationship every day. People are really attracted to people who can take care of themselves. Take really good care of yourself, and the rest will fall into place.

A: The thing about these shows is they develop over a period of time. We want to affect people's lives. We had a goal: Can we give people solid advice? Can we offer things to make their lives better? We're trying to find the best ways to do that.

In part we're succeeding. I'm really excited about things coming up and the way that we're getting better all around. For me it's about the way it feel when I'm doing it. I can't decide how the rest of the world feels, but I'm proud of what we're doing.

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