Matt Lauer Quotes
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People don't want to see me having a bad morning. They have job problems, financial problems, family pressures, kids to get off to school. The last thing they want to wake up to is someone showing them the same problems. So maybe that's the one time I am forced to act.
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I was always more interested in asking people about themselves than I was telling them about me.
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When you get your dream job, you'd be really hard-pressed to leave it. Unless you've got another dream job out there.
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I don't walk around saying everything is going to be wonderful.
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If I feel like I've done a great job during an interview with the president of the United States live in the Oval Office, it doesn't give me a tenth of the good feeling of going to the school play and making eye contact with my kids as they're onstage delivering their lines. Nothing compares with that moment of connection.
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I learned more from my dad by osmosis than by any talk we ever had. He was the most reliable person I've ever met.
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If you have a bad experience on the air, you don't think you've done your job, or you have an embarrassing moment. I guarantee you'll work harder the next time not to let it happen again.
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This is the best job in television. I grew up watching the 'Today show.'
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I knew I wanted to work in television because some friends of mine, when I went to high school - their fathers worked for, as a matter of fact, for NBC Sports at the time.
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What makes people successful in this business is to be yourself on camera. Sounds simple. It's not.
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In some ways, being No. 2 in the ratings is a real shot in the arm, a kick in the pants.
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I worry about that every single day: Am I being a good father?
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I can't be as open on national television as I can when I'm having dinner with friends. But that doesn't mean the type of person I am is different. My values, my dislikes, my sense of humor are the same.
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Meredith Vieira warms my heart.
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Every night at 6:30, my entire family sits down for dinner together. It's definitely the best part of my day.
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Broadcasting through 9/11 together, like Katie Couric and I did, creates a bond.
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I get letters from women, and they say, 'I love your Roman nose.' If I weren't on TV and I walked past that same woman, she'd go, 'Did you see the beak on that guy?
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My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything.
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Being in front of the camera - first of all, when I wanted to get into television, it was as a producer. I never had an idea that I would do anything in front of the camera, and that kind of happened by accident. But I wanted to be a producer or give me a job with the Yankees or play for the Knicks. I was a sports nut when I was a kid.
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It's rare when suddenly a window opens up, and you see a side of a celebrity you've never seen before, good or bad.
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Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly.
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There's a difference between good chemistry and a bond. Chemistry is something you have with somebody you meet - or you don't. It's an intangible. It may be superficial. It's much harder to put your finger on than a bond.
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If I buy something new - a piece of clothing, a tie, a shirt, a suit - something old has to go. That's the way I avoid clutter, crammed closets and drawers. It keeps things in balance, and it really works.
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Early on, I had five jobs in a row where I was either fired or canceled.