George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
charitable-work life-is results
My life isn't focused on results. My life is really focused on the process of doing all the things I'm doing, from work to relationships to friendships to charitable work.
cities venice looks
Venice is the prettiest city I've ever seen. It looks like a Disneyland ride.
earth green firsts
If you’re famous, I don’t—for the life of me—I don’t understand why any famous person would ever be on Twitter. Why on God’s green earth would you be on Twitter? Because first of all, the worst thing you can do is make yourself more available, right?
careers people focus
As time goes on and you become more comfortable in your career path, and things are starting to make sense, and it's not just about work, you find that you're able to focus on other things and other people.
getting-older kind comfortable
But I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.
optimist
I've always been an optimist.
tv-shows tvs done
I did a lot of terrible TV shows and was really terrible in them, and I've done terrible films I was terrible in, but nobody really noticed.
looks seems
I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.'
looks goes-on youtube
I go on YouTube when somebody says to look something up.
humility watches lessons
I watch 'Batman & Robin' from time to time. It's the worst movie I ever made, so it's a good lesson in humility.
weekend proud lasts
I've been lucky enough to do a few films that will last longer than an opening weekend and those films are the ones I'm proud of.
persons ifs
If you're famous, I don't - for the life of me - I don't understand why any famous person would ever be on Twitter.
good-movie scripts directors
It's possible for me to make a bad movie out of a good script, but I can't make a good movie from a bad script.
wrecks down-and sides
We're always going to be a society that's going to slow down and look at the wreck on the side if the road if there is one. We're always going to do that because it's still fascinating and it's human nature.