57 Roy Choi Quotes for You to Enjoy

Roy Choi

South Korean Chef

Born: Feb 24, 1970

Cooking Food Life People Think You

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Time is an illusion anyway. You can create as much time as you want. Roy Choi

Time You Illusion Want Anyway Create Much

I don't really have a strategy for social media. I think that's my strategy is that I don't have a strategy. Roy Choi

Social Media Strategy Think Social Really Media

I realized why I can cook for different environments. Because of everything I've gone through growing up. Why can I cook for a Hollywood event without blinking an eye? Because I cooked at the Beverly Hilton and because I moved to Villa Park. Why can I cook for kids on Hollywood Boulevard at night? Because I went through it. Roy Choi

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Straight up, Oreos, sodas, chips, salsa dips, egg white omelets, yogurts, breads, ketchups, mustards, barbecue sauce, frozen pizzas, hot pockets, ice cream, all these things that you eat in your normal life - I think if chefs got more involved in that, then it could be better. Because we're the ones that know flavor. Roy Choi

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At my lowest point, I found cooking. Roy Choi

Cooking Point Lowest Found

I've got a lot of experience under my belt, but I still have a very naive and idealistic outlook on life. Roy Choi

Life Experience Outlook Naive Idealistic Got Still Lot Very Belt

Public television is a very important thing for our human race, and it allows us the ability to discuss the elephants in the room and understand stories beyond the headlines. Roy Choi

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TV is a hard thing to do. It's a hard thing to get a show. Roy Choi

TV Get Hard Show Hard Thing Thing

A-Frame became an expression of creating a place where everyone would feel comfortable, even if you were made to feel uncomfortable in restaurants before. It's a place where I explored my own insecurities as far as being mistreated in restaurants or being given the worst table. Roy Choi

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I was a salary man for so many years. I never had to worry about the ins and outs of business or entrepreneurship or funding. I just had to show up and do my job. And then, all of a sudden, I was having to be responsible for my own business. Roy Choi

When you never see yourself in the mainstream format, you are stripped of the strength of your identity. Roy Choi

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Kogi changed what a generation eats, introducing people to fermentation and different vegetables and flavors. Roy Choi

Generation People Vegetables Changed Introducing Eats Different Flavors

I know what it's like to be a teenager in Orange County. I know what it's like to be a kid in L.A. I know what it's like to not have any money and have your lights turned off. I know what it's like to live in a house with five rooms. Roy Choi

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People think that being Korean is all one thing. Roy Choi

People Think One Thing Korean Being Thing

All Korean food is not just one thing. Roy Choi

Food One Thing Korean Just Just One Just One Thing Thing

I have a tendency to trail off in conversations. I don't look up at people sometimes when I talk or cook, and those are all pretty bad no-no's being in front of the camera. Roy Choi

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A lot of my friend's mothers and parents worked at Paramount Studios, so I would always go. I met the Fonz when I was really young, like four or five years old. I was always around people in entertainment all the time throughout my whole life. Roy Choi

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