Anthony Bourdain recently sat down for an interview with The New Yorker; here are some of the highlights:
On his original pitch for Parts Unknown:
“I travel around the world, eat a lot of shit, and basically do whatever the fuck I want.”
On being driven:
“I’m a guy who needs a lot of projects. I would probably have been happy as an air-traffic controller.”
On his lifestyle:
“I change location every two weeks. I’m not a cook, nor am I a journalist. The kind of care and feeding required of friends, I’m frankly incapable of. I’m not there. I’m not going to remember your birthday. I’m not going to be there for the important moments in your life. We are not going to reliably hang out, no matter how I feel about you. For fifteen years, more or less, I’ve been travelling two hundred days a year. I make very good friends a week at a time.”
On fatherhood (his daughter Ariane is almost 10):
“I’m shocked by how happy my daughter is. I don’t think I’m deluding myself. I know I’m a loving father.” He paused. “Do I wish sometimes that, in an alternative universe, I could be the patriarch, always there? Tons of kids? Grandkids running around? Yes. And it looks good to me. But I’m pretty sure I’m incapable of it.”
The article is quite long, but definitely worth the read if you're a Bourdain fan. Read the full article at the New Yorker.
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