Carey Mulligan Quotes

When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'

I'm terrible in the kitchen. I was mostly raised by my mother and she could cook, so I never perfected that skill. If I had to count on my own cooking to survive, I'd probably be thinner.

All my family were brilliant cooks when I was growing up, but I ended up just cleaning up, so I've always lacked confidence in the kitchen.

I feel like there's a lot of tasks in cooking that I want to master, that I want to do better.

I'm a better cook and more of a perfectionist than my mother.

You wouldn't know it but I'm no good at... cooking. My chef does that.

I don't cook very often. Actually, I'd go further: I can't cook.

I do like to cook. But I only cook a few things, but those few things I do really well.

I have so many friends who don't know how to cook.

Recipes tell you nothing. Learning techniques is the key.

I can chop and peel vegetables but can't cook full meals.

When I left restaurants, I had to learn to be a home cook.

I don't have a long family history of good cooks in my family.

Fifty thousand dollars' worth of cabinets isn't going to make you a better cook; cooking is going to make you a better cook. At the end of the day, you can slice a mushroom in about three inches of space, and you can carve a chicken in a foot and a half. So it doesn't matter how big the kitchen is.

Most of my education has been around food.

I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook.

I'm actually a good cook.

Give yourself enough time to really learn how to cook.

Everyone could use instructions on every aspect of cooking: pantry, storage, refrigeration, cooking, what to buy. Everyone that I come into contact with could use help.

You can't fake being able to cook well.

To become a good cook is to know yourself, and I, at this point, know myself. I know myself, and I know the cook I want to be and the cook I am striving to be.

I'm a home cook, and I'm constantly embarrassed by twentysomethings who really do know the mechanics of cooking. How to build a sauce.

I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.

I think cookery shows have become so sophisticated, and everyone's so marvellous at it, but there are people like me who aren't into the cooking malarkey, who still don't know how to boil an egg for three minutes.

I started cooking when I was about 10. I have memories like when I was 6 or 7 with my mom, and when I was 12 I started getting real serious about cooking.