Entertainer Quotes

If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television.

I've always liked trees. And then, growing up, I took an interest in ecology, hedges being destroyed, the landscape being turned into prairies.

I'm pale-skinned so I don't feel at my best on a beach.

I'm a trained lawyer, after all, so I don't have to admit to anything.

I try to make myself walk around a bit, but I probably think about it more than I actually do it. Years ago, I did think about joining a gym.

I think political correctness is a moving line.

I remember being in China and realising how irrelevant not even Britain is, but also Europe. We're just another remote country that hardly impinges on some places at all.

I like to think of myself as a natural gardener.

I like New York. There are similarities with London that make it feel rather like home, but at the same time it's slightly fictional.

I like being forced to think about things in a different way.

I have done well out of TV, but not well enough to buy football clubs. I'm not sure it's ever a way to make money.

I do find myself surprised by the comedy shows that seem to have the same joke week in week out.

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

I am attached to the west coast of Scotland - it's gorgeous to look at and challenging. You have to contend with the possibility of being blown away or rained on. And in the summer months you can be eaten alive by midges.

Gardening has just sort of grown on me. I find it therapeutic. And I like smelly things.

Tree roots hold river banks together and stop the wind blowing soil away, there are many creatures that live in woods and they provide a sense of well-being and look nice.

I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.

Schoolchildren and older people like the idea of planting trees. For children, it's interesting that an acorn will grow into an oak, and for older people it's a legacy. And the act of planting a tree is not that difficult.

I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!

I've always hoped 'Chopped' would telegraph our enormous affection and love and admiration for chefs and food, but at the same time, we are inflicting extraordinary cruelty on them.

I'm in a loft and the kitchen is in the very center of the apartment. The whole place revolves around it.

I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.

I think what I do differently from a lot of TV chefs is that I break down barriers and make fine food more accessible to the regular person, who might be intimidated. I try hard, particularly with wine, to make it not intimidating. It's sort of a teaching job.

I think that curiosity happened on these reviews where I was just a guest of the reviewer, because it introduced me to new cuisines and to the idea of cooking as a mechanism for studying other cultures and understanding other parts of the world.

I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.

I like to have friends in the kitchen and make a big mess and use every pot in the kitchen.

I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special.

I had a little epiphany when I was a writer at 'Chicago' magazine. I sat down to dinner at the Ritz-Carlton. Somebody poured a white dessert wine with chocolate cake. It was a wine I would never have expected to make sense. The idea of any wine tasting fabulous with chocolate cake was fascinating to

I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.

I am much more interested in the process than results.