Alex Trebek Quotes
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I have an Apple computer, which I use to play Spider Solitaire and do research on the Internet.
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My heart seems to heal, so that speaks well for my future.
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I'm curious about everything - even things that don't interest me.
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They're operating under a misconception and have been for many years. As long as they're polite in their critique, we are polite in our response. But if they're mean and rude, I tell them that.
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When you're in your 30s and actively pursuing a career and a home life, a wife and children, you're busy doing as opposed to busy thinking. As you get older, even as you don't have as much time, I think you tend to think more and reflect more on what is happening in your own life.
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You should never wear a baseball cap when working in close quarters in the attic: You never see that beam above you!
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I would have loved to have a role in the HBO series 'Deadwood.' It was Shakespeare in the Old West.
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My life has been a quest for knowledge and understanding, and I am nowhere near having achieved that. And it doesn't bother me in the least. I will die without having come up with the answers to many things in life.
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I believe the 'Jeopardy!' test is more difficult than being a contestant on the program.
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'Music Hop' in 1963 was my first hosting job of a variety program.
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Have you ever met a successful person who wasn't restless- who was satisfied with where he or she was in life? They want new challenges. They want to get up and go...and that's one of the reasons they're successful.
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My life is what it is, and I can't change it. I can change the future, but I can't do anything about the past.
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The only reason I got into broadcasting was, I needed money to pay for my junior and senior years at college, and they hired me, those fools!
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I tried to do my best impression of The Jonas Brothers, but no matter how hard I tried I ended up looking cool!
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When I finish as the host of 'Jeopardy!' I'm going to go up to Taft in central California. They have a small college there that teaches you about oil drilling.
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Saying that I've THOUGHT about it doesn't mean that I'm DOING it.
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I leave home about 7 in the morning.
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Maybe I'll take a little better care of myself, but I wouldn't count on it.
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Sex? Unfortunately, as you get older - and I shouldn't admit this - there are other things that become more important in your daily life.
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Viewers know that I have a weird sense of humor, but that I'm serious about the game.
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People ask me, How would you do as a contestant on the show? And I tell them I would do fairly well among senior citizens, but against a good thirty-year-old I would have trouble because I cannot recall information as quickly as I used to. You used to say something and I would go, boom, right away, very sharp. Now it's like, Oh, yes, but wait a minute, uh, uh...
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Learning something new is fun.
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I want to thank myself. Forty-five years ago, I graduated from the University of Ottawa and had a few career opportunities available, but I chose television and I've never, ever regretted that decision.