It's a terrible process, what you go through, during pilot season. All the shows turn themselves in and there is a good four to six weeks before you get phone call.

I think actually what I'm going to do when I'm done and take my next vacation, is I'm going to go over and start unions in Japan. I'm going to unionize Japan. Because the way they work those crews is so criminal. There's no overtime, so they can just keep going.

Really, how bad is eating a piece of cake? Being bad is murdering someone. That's bad. Don't do that.

You'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

People always tell me how lucky I am that my kids are adventurous eaters, but I don't believe that it's luck at all. By my involving them in the process, not only are they more likely to try something new, but also I can count on them to make better choices when I'm not around.

Ultimately, I want to have a good career and do interesting work

I don't do a television show for awards. You make it so people will enjoy watching it.