Mike Rowe
Mike Rowe
Michael Gregory Roweis an American television host and narrator, actor and former opera singer, best known for his work on the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs and as the main presenter of Somebody's Gotta Do It on CNN. He can also be heard as narrator on a variety of series such as Deadliest Catch, and has appeared on commercials for Ford Motor Company...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth18 March 1962
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
I rarely do anything on the show by myself. I don't want it to be about me. Squatting in the sewer in San Francisco, it's really hot, we're up to our knees in a river of (excrement). Rats and cockroaches are all over. I would never, ever walk into that environment, except for the fact that the guy who does it every day is squatting next to me.
We passed, we shared the ball and we were unselfish. I thought that today would have been 'me, me, me.' I'm glad it wasn't. There were a lot of kids passing the ball, being unselfish, which for our program is huge.
The band makes sure that nobody has more fun than we do. We have lots of fun. I'm not kidding. You stick a microphone in front of us, and we just have a ball.
It's great. Here, you get to eat your mistakes. Chocolate makes things better, that's why this is so great. It makes life just a little bit better for just about everybody.
This is a great dirty job for us. It's in the kinder, gentler area.
Some jobs are just too hideous to contemplate,
Im a B-list celebrity trying to give it an honest look. They see me do actual work. ... I try to be the viewer with a microphone.
Always flat front. You've got to be deeply suspicious of a man who consciously goes with pleats. Why would you do that?
There's really not a difference between an octopus and, like, a giant pile of snot.
I come from a blue collar family, but my personal life isn't. I didn't get the gene that my grandfather had in spades. He was a local hero. Built the church that I went to. Built the house I grew up in. Steamfitter, pipefitter, electrician, mechanic and plumber. I wanted to do those things. But it just didn't come easy.
I'm allergic to rocks hitting me in the face.
Short-cuts lead to long delays.
I'm looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.
Most of the things I do brand wise are both missionary and mercenary in their position, and that's really important to me; that's one of the first things I look at when I say, 'does it make sense to do a deal?'