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" Swimming keeps me fit and flexible, and it helps that I have a large pool at my house in Beverly Hills. "

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" My cooking is very simple, so I don't really use machines at all. A knife, cutting board, frying pan and strainer are my essentials. "

" I have a restaurant in Milan, and Paper Moon is five minutes away from my hotel, so I always go there for lunch. It's a casual place that serves good salad, pizza and pasta; the space is tight with tables close together, and it feels buzzy. Food comes out fast, too. "

" I want to always keep going. I don't want to ever stop. "

" Cooking is like fashion. Always, I like to try to change. If I'm traveling in a different country - to Australia, the Bahamas, Budapest, Moscow - and I see a new ingredient, I like to try it in a new dish. "

" Businesses that run well are almost like marriages. Everything has to be up for discussion, or there will be real problems. "

" I started cooking when I was 18 years old, and now I have restaurants all over the world. "

" I'm a lucky person because the company keeps growing, and that means my team keeps growing. "

" When I'm home in L.A., I go to La Brea, a bakery which does artisan breads, excellent sourdoughs primarily, but also patisserie and cakes. "

" I love big shrimp, like Japanese botan shrimp and the meaty ones from Santa Barbara, Calif. In classic Japanese cooking, shrimp like these would be dropped into a broth or boiled as served with sushi. But I think boiling dilutes their great flavor, and they are better when stir-fried. "

" In Japan, I have my own line of dinnerware, but I'm not aggressive about pursuing those projects. "

" In the morning and the end of every day, I thank that I'm alive. "

" Cooking and film are completely different - but I'd rather stay in the kitchen than be in movies. "

" Once I fell out of a tree and was hit by a motorbike. I still have the scar on my head now. "

" My flight time is important to me; I actually prefer a longer flight to a short one. That way I have time to read a book, watch movies, and think about new dishes. "

" Napa cabbage is very beautiful, all those long, pale leaves with ruffled edges. "

" I feel like I owe something to America, as it is where I found success. "

" A different spice is the most interesting thing to me. "

" Los Angeles is my home - I have my wife and two daughters growing up there. "

" Some hotels have a lot of mirrors, chairs, you can't find the plugs, the music is complicated. But the Nobu concept is beautiful, simple. "

" I always eat a meal at home before I leave for the airport, so I only eat the soup and salad on the plane. "

" My favorite knife is from Miyakoya in Japan - I have one in each of my restaurants. "

" When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual. "

" I can't imagine Japanese food without dashi, a broth made with kelp and dried bonito flakes. It has the aroma of the sea, tinged with a subtle smokiness, and adds a very important, distinct flavor. "

" It's not unusual for me to wake up in the middle of the night and not know where I am. I take sleep medication to deal with all the flights. But I find it helps to eat at the same time every day. "

" The fine art of preparing sushi is something that you watch and learn. "

" One evening, Mike Myers and Steven Spielberg were discussing 'Goldmember,' and I just happened to joke, 'If you need a Japanese character, let me know!' The next day, they called me for audition! I find it's always helpful to maintain a sense of humour. "

" Peru was the Incas; it has 3,000 to 4,000 years of history. "

" What I relish most is when a member of my staff, who has worked with passion and patience towards achieving their dream of owning a restaurant, walks up to me and says, 'Nobu! I have done it!' "

" People eat the chicken, people eat the beef, they still say, 'Don't kill the fish.' "

" In my generation, there was no sushi school, no cooking school, so people have to learn from working. "