Don't Expect Too Much From Yourself. What

Cooking For Me Is A Way To Wind Down. It's Different From Cooking On Camera, Where You Have To Do Everything Twice, For A Wide Shot And A Close-up.

I Had A Very Tough Childhood. I Came Here From Italy In The '70s And Didn't Speak A Word Of English, So The Kids At School Tormented Me. Truly, It Was Horrifying The Names They Called Me, And The Teachers Never Really Did A Thing To Stop It.

Opportunities Present Themselves And You Have To Enjoy The Ride. All Of Us Get So Worried About The Next Step That We Don't Enjoy The Moment We're In Right Now.

These Days It's Cool To Be Ethnic And To Be Different, But When I Was A Kid, It Was Not Cool - At All. My Friends Would Come Over And My Mom Would Make Crepes With Eggs, Stuffed With Mozzarella Cheese, Tomatoes And Spinach. And They'd Be Like, 'what Is This?'

I Wasn't Looking To Get Into Tv. My Family Was In The Movie Business, So I Was Never Interested In That World.