Being a press secretary is like learning to type: You're hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and don't realize it. You're speaking for the president without ever having to go to him.

I enjoy the element of pushing yourself learning something new whether it's a dance step a scene an emotion.

As you get older you're always maturing you're always learning something new about yourself.

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do but I'm learning.

Hopefully with each thing that you do you're learning something you're growing and you're pushing yourself a little harder in some way or another. So I think you'd be in real trouble if each new thing that you create didn't feel like 'Oh wow. I feel like I'm doing something a little different this time.'

I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.

Someone taught me how to eat properly. Learning from others is important when it's not working for yourself.

That was a real learning element for me because I realized that the more true you are to yourself the more you will lose people.

I feel the older I get the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time it's all about finding yourself.

It helps immerse yourself in what you potentially want to do. Being involved learning firsthand and observing the craft and absorbing all you can makes it easier to define what you want. It will also ultimately make you a better Chef. Culinary school or even a single class is a great bet too.