The thing that helped me get into the film business was that I went to school in Athens, Georgia and managed to get on, um, working on music videos for a band called R.E.M. and that kind of opened up a lot of doors for me.

All that [replacing of fat] does is lead to dissatisfaction and I think that dissatisfaction results in overeating.

Believe me, a grain is a terrible thing to waste.

Molecular gastronomy is not bad... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless.

A pie dough comes together exactly like a biscuit only there is very, very little liquid and no leavening involved. Other than that, the same rules apply. My best advice: handle the dough as little as possible.

Take ice. Ice is fascinating to me. Ice is the one thing in our world that went from an agricultural product to being manufactured.

I never rated my cuddle factor, but I expect it's pretty low.