I spent several years cooking on a line.
I worked as a cook before starting acting.
I worked in restaurants the first half of my life.
People in professional kitchens may love what they do, but sometimes it's just something that puts food on the table.
For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has ever worked in a French kitchen knows what I am talking about when I say that.
You know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens.
Occasionally I volunteer in the kitchen of a pop-up supper club in L.A., which I really love. It's like being a line cook in a great restaurant for one night at a time.
I'm not on chef level, but I'd make a good line cook. That's not too shabby.
