George Stroumboulopoulos

Journalist

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I'm pretty rough around the edges, but I'm a very open person.

I have sort of a life in Los Angeles.

I am who I am: I have my life experiences and my professional experiences.

I don't do gossipy interviews because I don't think that helps; I think that's a distraction.

I went to a Catholic School, and underneath my school uniform, I wore a metal shirt.

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.

I'm looking for conversations that will be meaningful with people that want to have meaningful connections with an audience.

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.

I operate with an emotional fearlessness, and I really feel music; I really feel songs.

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.

Sports is a bunch of people gathering around, watching something that they're not actually connected to - they're just emotionally connected.

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.

Look at the way I look. Guys like me aren't on TV too often. Not on news channels.

I went to a Catholic School, and underneath my school uniform, I wore a metal shirt.

I'm looking for conversations that will be meaningful with people that want to have meaningful connections with an audience.

I only do what I love, when I love, how I love to fill up the time.

Sports is entertainment.

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.

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.

If an interview just serves the idea of celebrity, then I think that sucks. I don't want to do that.

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