When I moved to Los Angeles, I was cooking with two guys who became celebrity chefs, if you will. I became their sous chef for awhile. We'd go to all the big names in Hollywood.
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If I wasn't an actress, I'd be a chef. I'd love to open a restaurant.
I'm not a celebrity chef. I'm a chef that happens to have television shows and a chef that happens to do media.
If I could be something other than an actor, I'd be a chef; I've got a big interest in food. I'm a proper fan boy.
I had a growing career as a model and an actress in London - I had starred opposite Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier in 'The Wilby Conspiracy' - but everyone told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place, they said, and I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.
I never pictured myself in California. I just thought I would be a character actress in New York on the stage. I never really had that stardom goal; I just wanted to be able to work as an actress and not as a waitress.
If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef.
I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.
I began my career performing in plays and musicals in New York, but by the mid-'80s, opportunities in Hollywood beckoned and I made the move to Los Angeles. It was a good decision. Work took off, but most important, I met my family out there - my husband, Bill, and the children we would adopt: Elijah, Mae-Mae, and Aron.
I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally, I moved out here to Los Angeles and got on a show.
I was doing telenovelas in Miami and Mexico, and everyone's dream when you're an actor is to be in Hollywood.
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