Stanley Tucci vows to continue acting alongside food and drink work
Stanley Tucci still very much enjoys acting but is "thrilled" to keep working in the food and drink industry.
Stanley Tucci has vowed to continue acting despite his foray into food and drink.
The 'Devil Wears Prada' star, 63, is a Tanqueray ambassador and former host of CNN's 'Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy', and amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he went viral for the way he makes a Negroni, whilst he's also released several cookbooks.
However, he's still committed to his day job.
He told Luxury London: “I still love to act, and I will [continue to] do all that stuff, but I love it.
“I didn't know it was going to be as intense as it is. I didn't know that it would give me the opportunities that it has. I'm thrilled.”
The 'Hunger Games' actor - who has three adult children with late first wife Kathryn Spath, and a son and a daughter with spouse Felicity Blunt - was diagnosed with tongue cancer in 2017, and previously admitted he reached a period where he "didn't see the point of living" if he would no longer be able to enjoy the pleasure of enjoying a meal with his loved ones again.
He told You magazine in 2022: "I was a cranky patient. Because I was miserable. I thought it was never going to go away. And I was like, how did this happen...
"There were times when I thought I was never going to be able to eat with my family again. The things I love to do are eat and taste and drink. And I love to do them with the people I love.
"If I can’t do that, then I really don’t see the point of living.
"I spent months and months up in my room, listening to everybody. Like a ghost in my own house. People coming and going. And I would go down and I would cook, but I couldn’t eat it – but I’d want to cook.
"Sometimes it almost made me ill to do it, but I wanted to do it. It was pretty f****** awful."
The 'Supernova' star revealed there are still some foods and drinks he can't enjoy the way he used to.
He shared: "Since I wrote 'Taste', the list of things I can eat has got longer. I think I’m probably at the point where I don’t know how much better it’s going to get. This is what the doctors have told me, but I’m at a very good place.
"Can I just tuck into a big piece of steak? No, I still can’t. And with a burger, there has to be a high-fat content, which is what I like anyway. So that’s fine. I don’t believe in lean burgers. What’s the point?
"If the wine’s too warm, or has too many tannins, it hurts too much. Because this is all brand new."
