Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am just as comfortable in Britain and France as I am in America... but nowhere is perfect.
It's hard to explain why I like Europe so much.
Let's be careful when we start comparing American to European tolerance because there isn't necessarily a lot of European tolerance.
If the cultural elite has its way, the U.S. will be much more like Europe.
Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.
Well-meaning Europeans sometimes argue that unlike the U.S., their countries are traditionally 'homogeneous' and have little experience with immigration.
People ask me in Europe, when they do interviews... they ask me, 'Well, how does it feel to be a cook in a country that doesn't know how to eat?' It always touches a nerve, because Europe and the world think that America is no more than bad hot dogs and bad burgers.
In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere.
I've lived all over Europe, spent a lot of time in London, went to school in Scotland, college in America, so I do think I have sort of a sensibility on a fairly global level.
I'd rather live in the U.S. than Europe.