“Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it an saw”

“I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.”