James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was.
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 wanted to learn how to skate backwards and they wouldn't help me and they went off and left me on my own.