Adam Richman Quotes
'Man v. Food' was the biggest career-defining opportunity. I went from anonymity to someone of note with access to amazing eateries.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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We got a chance to go and play in some places that the usual European tour by an American band didn't go to.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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I first read Heinlein when I was very young.
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I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
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Both my parents are immigrants. I've seen different struggles they've had. There's a reason you don't see me using accents. I don't do impressions of my folks. When I'm doing a crappy impression of my folks, and you're laughing, I'm thinking, 'When my parents talk to people, when they walk away do people do impressions of them? Do they laugh?'
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I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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You need to have people within your own party that have the wherewithal to stand up to you.
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If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.
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One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.
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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.
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I am quite a fitness freak. I may not have the time to sleep, but a workout is a must. I have even set up a small personal gym on the sets.
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I don't enjoy politics. I like to get things done, and I like Republicans and Democrats, and that doesn't always work well.
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The best advice I was probably given and the best advice I could give someone who is trying to get into the comedy field is to take advantage of every opportunity you have to work to hone your skills.
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Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.
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I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
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'Man v. Food' was the biggest career-defining opportunity. I went from anonymity to someone of note with access to amazing eateries.
