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It would be flattering to be thought of as someone who celebrated life.

As soon as a roast is announced, I get everybody - family, friends, waitresses, cab drivers - giving me jokes about the person getting roasted. I'm the mouthpiece for the masses.

Sure I got a mouth on me.

I got a big mouth.

Right afterwards there was a whole, whole lot of press to do, so the week after, all day, every day, was press so I didn't really get a chance to celebrate.

I have a big mouth.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I have such a big mouth.

I won this award for keeping my mouth shut, so I think I'll do it again now.

My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef.