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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More Adam Richman Quotes
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I’m not a plumber who accidentally blew up or a math professor who accidentally backed into notoriety.
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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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I think that in terms of who is known the world over, I would wager that it’s probably someone like Mark Wahlberg or Dwyane Wade.
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One of my great personal triumphs is, because I stay vigilant about my health
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He heard the NPR show, contacted them, and essentially – shortest synopsis ever, like I’m the Cablevision guide button
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People also respected my culinary acumen and my intelligence, and that was their whole thing.
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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.
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I lived in San Jose for a little bit, and one of my neighbors was Vietnamese and was teasing me.
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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 think the most surreal moment for me having been a kid who was on unemployment, was on food stamps
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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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I thought maybe I would be everyone’s favorite dude-food friend.
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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
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I sponsor two soccer teams in England, one of which is called Broadley F.C.
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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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The first one that I went to with my friends was with my buddy Michael – and we actually cut class to get tickets – was INXS at the Garden.
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It’s not just the end of a chicken leg, it really is – imagine the cartilage of game meat.
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That was another incredible thing: the opportunity to be in Greenland, a place I had read about in NatGeo a decade before.
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We were filming in Greenland, and I treated my crew.
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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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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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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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Gratitude is the attitude. That’s the thing.
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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.
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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 produced a play in New York that got nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best American Play.
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