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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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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. You don’t have to come at me like that.” But yeah, I’ve tried tendon. Tendon eventually yields.
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I do feel that, generally, people will see me and go, “He knows where the good food is,” which is an awesome correlative. It’s an awesome simplification.
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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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There are soccer athletes that are known the world over except in the U.S. Thierry Henry, for example.
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What they’re saying is, “I know who you are. I watch your stuff.” What’s better than that? Gratitude is the attitude. That’s the thing. What am I being pissy about?
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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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I was 12 or 13, and I had seen a demo about origami at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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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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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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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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To be asked to do the pairing menus by Alamos Wineries in Argentina [was the most interesting opportunity].
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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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If I had Sirius FM and fire-breathing in a giant puppy dragon, I’d be golden.
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We were filming in Greenland, and I treated my crew.
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Did you see The Never-Ending Story? That’s one kick-ass dragon. It’s basically a giant puppy dragon.
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