I said “I’ve had pho,” and then he goes, “Oh, what do you get, the number one big bowl?” I was like, “Come on, man
ADAM RICHMANDid you see The Never-Ending Story? That’s one kick-ass dragon. It’s basically a giant puppy dragon.
More Adam Richman Quotes
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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.
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I was 12 or 13, and I had seen a demo about origami at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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To be asked to do the pairing menus by Alamos Wineries in Argentina [was the most interesting opportunity].
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People also respected my culinary acumen and my intelligence, and that was their whole thing.
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I’m not kidding you, to utter these words aloud is so surreal to me – but to say, “I had to give up my Super Bowl tickets for my all-expense paid research trip to Argentina’s wine country,”
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So obviously I want to be in the limelight in some capacity, or I want to be in entertainment in some capacity.
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It was like, who’s life is this? It was splendid, and the nice thing was that they renewed my contract for another year.
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I’m a big soccer fanatic, and although I support a team called Tottenham Hotspur in London –
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There are so many chefs out there, and so if you were to say, “The dude who used to host Man V. Food is doing pairing for Jim Beam,” you’d say,
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I sponsored every team in the Park Slope Little League for years.
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There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.
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If something is nice about you, usually one or two people will tell you. If something is foul about you, everyone will tell you.
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I produced a play in New York that got nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best American Play.
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It’s by a brilliant reporter named David Holthouse.
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They flew me over, and it was this immersive experience.
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I’ll go to a restaurant where I’ve never been before, and someone will say, “I don’t have anything big for you to eat.” I used to be a little salty about that, but at the end of the day
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Man V. Food is the highest-rated show in the Travel Channel’s history, so clearly there’s going to be a correlation.
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They had these really sick origami books with an overleaf, but those packs can sometimes blow, because they give you, like, eight sheets.
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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.
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One of my great personal triumphs is, because I stay vigilant about my health
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People believe what they want to believe. You have to run your race and be proud of the person you see in the mirror.
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And take on the country’s most legendary eating challenges. I’m no competitive eater, just a regular guy with a serious appetite.
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I’ve always been a massive Beastie Boys fan, so if you look at their style aesthetic on Check Your Head, that was the headspace I was in for a minute. Whatever that was, that was me.
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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.
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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.
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He said, “For you, it may be your 50th or 100th selfie, autograph, or whatever of the day. But for that person, it may be the first or the only time in their life that they’ve seen someone they enjoy on television. Never lose sight of that.”
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