Emeril Lagasse Quotes

You know, in 1975 I couldn't get a job in New York City because I was American. The kitchens were predominantly run by French, Swiss, German, and basically I got laughed at. I had education, I had experience, but got laughed at because I was American.

Emeril Lagasse

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: chef
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 15, 1959

Topics

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Football was the best route to obtain my independence.

John David Washington

BestFootballIndependenceRoute

It takes about three times as long to explain to someone why you won't give them an autograph as it does to actually give them an autograph.

John Madden

SomeoneLongYouThreeWhyExplain

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

Jeanne Moreau

I CanWithinShootFilmIntimidating

Recording in Jamaica is like nothing else. The studios are always closed in America. But in Jamaica, the studio doors are wide open, and there's music blasting out in the street. You can see the reaction of people immediately.

Michael Franti

MusicPeopleAmericaDoorsYouSee

I don't think any of my kids would have a good word to say about me. I think they deny that they even know me. At school, they pretend they are Anton du Beke's kids.

Rob Brydon

GoodSchoolMeThinkKnowSay

I'm not a practice religion freak. I didn't grow up in a religious family, but I have a faith.

Robin Wright

FamilyFaithReligionPracticeGrow

Television is a different challenge; it is not a stage. But each opportunity that I have to learn I learn, and I take the opportunity to work.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

WorkOpportunityChallengeLearn

I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when I don't know instantly how that thing is made. Because if I do, then it's boring. Or it would be simple.

Michelle Williams

SimpleJobMeFindKnowBoring

I'm not sure I approve of theatre as a university course. I think theatre's something you do. I mean, literature is a subject; theatre is practical.

Miriam Margolyes

TheatreThinkLiteratureYouMean

It's not always about gold medals, I think. It has to be about development, and we are missing that in U.K. at the moment.

Lizzie Armitstead

MomentGoldThinkDevelopmentMedals

When I grew up we had gym at school, two or three dance classes after school, ice skating lessons, and all sorts of sports at our finger tips. We weren't glued to computers because they didn't exist, so being active was all we knew.

Lisa Loeb

SportsDanceSchoolComputersGym

My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.

Donatella Versace

TimeThinkSayWantWayChanges

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