I’m always secretly the most pleased when a show just really, really looks good and when my camera guys are really happy with the images they got.

New Orleans is a glorious mutation

When you have a child you're no longer the star of the movie.

Anyone who's a chef, who loves food, ultimately knows that all that matters is: Is it good? Does it give pleasure?

I'd love to play bass with Parliament Funkadelic, but I can't play bass, so I don't think that's going to happen.

I'm of a generation that romanticizes and maybe even over-romanticized things that were painful, that hurt others. I feel that. But I don't know if I have any regrets.

There are people with otherwise chaotic and disorganized lives, a certain type of person that's always found a home in the restaurant business in much the same way that a lot of people find a home in the military.