It's a very stressful thing, directing a movie. You have the budget, you have the schedule, you are in certain confines, and you have everybody giving you advice about what to do.

If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true to yourself.

I think that's what we love about the vodka, is that it's consistent. It's consistent in its pureness and that's how I tie it to restaurants.

Things rarely turn out the way we want them to.

The one thing I always talk about in terms of restaurants is consistency.

The older you get, the more you know about certain things.

I always enjoy coming to Israel. Israelis are warm, they're energetic people. Forthright. Very smart. I always like smart people. They're nice people, you know. Aggressive, and I respect that aggressiveness because you need it in their situation.