“I'm just so tired of people questioning me and really tired of people ...” — Jonathan Cheban Quote

I'm just so tired of people questioning me and really tired of people not calling me Foodgod. It's my name. Jonathan is not my name.

Every novice is like, Can I have the rock shrimp? Then I'm always like, Don't order rock shrimp with me. It's such a bad look on the table. It cheapens me. I'm embarrassed about it.

I'm not going to be the one who screams and yells at people, but the one who makes things hysterical.

You don't want to do a show and then it's done and say, 'Wow, I didn't do anything.' Please, you don't understand how fast it goes. Before you know it, you're filming your last episode. People remember you a month, and then you're done.

Most Japanese-Americans have that legacy. The camp experience is something of a calling card between them. They say, 'So, where were you interned?'

I always start a play by calling the characters A, B, and C.

I try to stay away from calling people nerds or whatever, because I've got my own fetishes and interests.

The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.

I didn't even know any cowboys growing up. When my friends heard that I was marrying a cattle rancher and moving to the country, they literally could not believe it. They started calling me the Pioneer Woman as a joke.