“In my house, neither my wife nor my daughter are impressed that I'm on television, and they remind me of that frequently.” Quote by Anthony Bourdain
“When my father passed, I was still an unsuccessful cook with a drug problem. I was in my mid-thirties, standing behind an oyster bar, cracking clams for a living when he died. So, he never saw me complete a book or achieve anything of note. I would have liked to have shared this with him.” StillsBookProblemFatherBehindsSawsAchieveDrugStandingDiedNotesBarsCooksOystersUnsuccessfulClams Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I'd like to play bass like Bootsy Collins. I'm serious. That would be my dream.” PlayDreamWould BeSeriousBass Author:Anthony Bourdain
“I think the voice over actually enhances the various moments instead of compensating for something that's lacking. Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because its over used or inappropriately used. I think in this case it informs the story.” ThinkingMomentsStoriesUsedVoiceCasesDangerousVariousLackingTrickyVoice Over Author:Claire Danes
“There are fundamental tensions between the biological reality of the planet and the economic reality. To some extent you can adapt the economy, create a new set of rules and incentives to send it down a better track, but finally people in the first world are going to have to consume a whole lot less.” PeopleWorldFirstsWholeRealityEconomyEconomicPlanetsFundamentalsTrackTensionIncentives Author:Michael Pollan
“I think people who make movies and have invested a lot of money in them, get frightened that if they challenge an audience they are going to repel them. And I think the opposite it's really true. It takes confidence and courage to know that and then commit to it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsChallengesAudienceOppositesCommitFrightenedLots Of MoneyReally TrueConfidence And Courage Author:Claire Danes
“It's my job to find the cornel of truth and then exaggerate, exaggerate, exaggerate until it's of an appropriate scale.” JobsScalesAppropriate Author:Claire Danes
“Whether I'm involved in creating something or not, it's a personal issue of do I respect it. But you can only know that five or ten years later.” KnowsYearsIssuesFiveInvolvedTenCreatingCreating SomethingPersonal Issues Author:Steve Martin
“I would say the three stages of making a film are the initial 'are we gonna do this,' 'how much will I be paid,' is there a lot of nights, who's it going to be with? The second stage of doing a film is how much fun your going to have doing it. The third stage is was the film a hit?” FilmNightThreeFunStageThirdsPaidInitials Author:Steve Martin