I was influenced by a lot of stand-up comedians… Eddie Murphy back when he was doing ‘Raw.’ I watched that so many times as a kid, I can probably still quote the entire thing to this day. Chris Rock. Dave Chappelle. George Carlin. A lot of the guys who were sort of edgy for their time.
I like that raw energy that I get from an audience.
My dad used to eat raw tripe soaked in malt vinegar when I was a kid.
For creamy sea urchin pasta recipes, the typical process is to saute garlic, shallots, and chilies in olive oil, then add the pasta and pour in a sauce made from raw sea urchin roe blended with softened butter or heavy cream.
If you want to be the best, sometimes you get the raw end of the deal. It’s life.
Before ‘Last Man Standing,’ I did a lot of indies, which were raw and controversial and much darker. That is where I feel most secure as a storyteller. That is what I am drawn to the most.
It’s such a high-pressure form of live entertainment that I found, once I got out there, being on a movie set isn’t that different from being on ‘Monday Night RAW.’ It’s all stuff that I was prepared for.
Raw foodists are kind of paddling upstream against evolution. The only reason they can do it, and they don’t all keel over, is that they are using blenders. They’re very Cuisinart-dependent.
Everybody knows you can’t have a party on ‘Raw’ without the bad guy.
The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community.
