Alex Trebek Quotes
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Originally, I think, I wanted to be an actor. But I got into broadcasting by accident, if you will, because I needed money to pay for my college education. I applied for a summer announcing job at a couple of radio stations.
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Please phrase your answer in the form of a question.
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Don't minimize the importance of luck in determining life's course.
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I did everything - I did newscasts, I did sports, I did dramas.
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What goes 0-300 in less than 2 seconds? Your mother on a scale.
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My job is to provide the atmosphere and assistance to the contestants to get them to perform at their very best. And if I'm successful doing that, I will be perceived as a nice guy, and the audience will think of me as being a bit of a star.
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Don't tell me what you believe in. I'll observe how you behave and I will make my own determination.
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Take your job seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously.
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I don't gamble, because winning a hundred dollars doesn't give me great pleasure. But losing a hundred dollars pisses me off.
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If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.
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I'm curious about everything. Even subjects that don't interest me.
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The secret to happiness, of course, is not getting what you want; it’s wanting what you get.
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People say, 'You look to be in great shape for your age,' and I guess I am.
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I think what makes 'Jeopardy!' special is that, among all the quiz and game shows out there, ours tends to encourage learning.
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My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died.
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Hey, way to go. I bet our writers that no one would get that.
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I don't spend any time whatsoever thinking about what might have been.
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Jim Cummings, Whoopie Goldberg & Cheech Marin make up this famous Disney threesome.
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Merv Griffin, who developed Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, had a great line once. I used to personally answer all the mail that came in to Jeopardy! whether it was favorable or unfavorable, and Merv said, You know how I handle the nasty mail? I said no. He just grabbed it and folded it up and crunched it up and threw it in the wastebasket. He said, I don't bother with it.
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My dad drank pretty heavily, and he never missed a day of work in his life. So I never looked at drinking as a serious problem, but drugs to me are a serious problem. I think it's a generational thing. I think older people don't feel as uncomfortable around drinkers as they do around dopers.
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I go through these cycles where I read a lot and then watch TV a lot.
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It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.
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We are all experts in our own little niches.
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I had only been a citizen for two weeks when I received a summons to appear for jury duty!