I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do. – Alton Brown
I am a filmmaker. That is all Ive ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food. – Alton Brown
The worst food youll ever eat will probably be prepared by a cook who calls himself a chef. Mark my words. – Alton Brown
Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes its based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal. – Alton Brown
Producing is so exciting because you can enable things to happen, whether its like discovering a filmmaker who youre taking a chance on, protecting a battle and driving home at the end of the day just going, Im so glad I stayed late at work and fought hard for that. Had my passion. Won that battle. – Drew Barrymore