George Stroumboulopoulos Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by George Stroumboulopoulos:
Look at the way I look. Guys like me aren't on TV too often. Not on news channels.
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News channels have always had interview shows, but we need different kinds of interviews with different kinds of interviewers - interviewers who bring different life experiences to the table.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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A lot of people take shots at news channels.
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I don't ever have the opportunity to wear a suit.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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I don't have a real plan when I do an interview. I have some themes that I want to hit. But I don't have a set list of questions that I knock off.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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I'm looking for conversations that will be meaningful with people that want to have meaningful connections with an audience.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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I operate with an emotional fearlessness, and I really feel music; I really feel songs.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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I really think a good host is just a connector. I'm more traffic cop than star. My job is to get people on and off the program, and hopefully keep the audience entertained.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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You have to trust the people who work with you and hire, but also listen to as many smart people as you can.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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I have sort of a life in Los Angeles.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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I don't do gossipy interviews because I don't think that helps; I think that's a distraction.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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I am who I am: I have my life experiences and my professional experiences.
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I went to a Catholic School, and underneath my school uniform, I wore a metal shirt.
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Sports is entertainment.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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Guns are part of the Constitution, and no one is willing to have that tough conversation with Congress and the Senate and the president to say maybe that's got to change. People talk about it - but I mean actual change.
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If an interview just serves the idea of celebrity, then I think that sucks. I don't want to do that.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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A lot of people don't realize that I started my career in sports and was a sports reporter long before I was on television. I used to be an NBA reporter and an NHL reporter.
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It's a dream for me to work with Ron MacLean and Don Cherry as well as my old friend Jeff Marek, who I started my career with.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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I'm pretty rough around the edges, but I'm a very open person.
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Sports and music are the same thing to me. When done wrong, they are really frustrating; when done right, they can change your day.
~George Stroumboulopoulos
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Sports is a bunch of people gathering around, watching something that they're not actually connected to - they're just emotionally connected.
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I only do what I love, when I love, how I love to fill up the time.
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You watch Bono in a room - and we're talking about a room of thousands swarming around him - he'll take every single person and make that moment about them. You can pat him on the back or pull his arm, he's not looking away from the person he's talking to.
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I'm not ambitious, I never have been; it's just not in my DNA.
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