I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.
It's vulgar, coming from where I do, to talk about money.
The problem with Yanks is they are wimps.
My father was a swim teacher. We used to swim before school, swim after school.
There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.
I'm not trying to take New York by storm. I just want to sneak in there, keep my head down, batten down the hatches and cook.
