“I was 12 or 13, and I had seen a demo about origami at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.”

My mom always says, “Pack your smile,” but [the sound guy] articulated it beautifully, because he saw me go from Joe Schmo who had been on food stamps to Adam Richman from Man V. Food.

I sponsor two soccer teams in England, one of which is called Broadley F.C.

That was another incredible thing: the opportunity to be in Greenland, a place I had read about in NatGeo a decade before.

There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.

I lived in San Jose for a little bit, and one of my neighbors was Vietnamese and was teasing me.

It’s the true story of a man stalking and plotting to kill the man who raped him when he was seven.

I have a master’s from Yale drama, and I auditioned for this.

If I ever took the spare tire off of my car and was on a survival show, and Bear Grylls was like, “What you need to do in a survival situation is eat your tire,” I’d be like, “That’s moose nose!”

I thought maybe I would be everyone’s favorite dude-food friend.

When Lollapalooza started, and I was really into Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jane’s Addiction, Soundgarden. I went to that Lollapalooza tour twice, I think.

I was never going to give my detractors the satisfaction of not feeling well, or allowing my health to falter while eating rich and indulgent food all over the world.

In the early ’90s I was floating somewhere between the Brat Pack/Andrew McCarthy/James Spader/Pretty In Pink kind of stuff and the alterna-pop look, crossed with a very distinct grunge sensibility.

I think in the U.K. people perhaps know me for some other stuff because of my involvement with soccer and support of Tottenham.

I love that team, I wear their symbol around my neck on a chain – I’ve always had a soft spot for this little club.

Shaq is Shaq. I did an episode of The Soup with Shaq, and he shook my hand, and I felt like I was a Ken doll, like I had no hand.

If it’s a question about stuff that matters to you personally, like favorite food, favorite piece of knowledge, favorite animal, it’s hard not to have an opinion and want to quantify things.