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" Look at the way I look. Guys like me aren't on TV too often. Not on news channels. "
George Stroumboulopoulos
News
TV
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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 only do what I love, when I love, how I love to fill up the time. "
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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. "
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" Sports is entertainment. "
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" I'm pretty rough around the edges, but I'm a very open person. "
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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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" I'm not ambitious, I never have been; it's just not in my DNA. "
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" I don't ever have the opportunity to wear a suit. "
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" I operate with an emotional fearlessness, and I really feel music; I really feel songs. "
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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. "
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" I am who I am: I have my life experiences and my professional experiences. "
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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. "
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" I don't do gossipy interviews because I don't think that helps; I think that's a distraction. "
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" I have sort of a life in Los Angeles. "
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" I'm looking for conversations that will be meaningful with people that want to have meaningful connections with an audience. "
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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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" Sports and music are the same thing to me. When done wrong, they are really frustrating; when done right, they can change your day. "
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