I believe that if you ask a person to list 25 things about themselves you may not have known already, you’re likely to get to the true essence of who they are pretty quickly. I even added an extra five to my list for good measure.
25 Things You Didn’t Know About Marc Murphy
- I never complain about anything, ever.
- French and English are my first languages. I also speak fluent Italian and Spanish.
- I was a clown on the Achille Lauro when I was 16. Yes, you read that right.
- I didn’t go to college.
- If I wasn’t severely dyslexic, I might have been an architect.
- I drink at least six cups of tea a day. Always needing caffeine.
- I don’t believe in moisturizer and only use it because my wife tells me to.
- My last meal would be a big bowl of carbonara, made by me.
- I’m a dual citizen of the US and France.
- When I was between jobs in the 90s I assisted choreographer Jerome Robbins while he was putting together the Jerome Robbins Retrospective at New York City Ballet.
- I built Landmarc [Tribeca] almost entirely by myself.
- I can’t talk about my kids without getting weepy.
- I have incredible amounts of energy, but when I’m tired I can fall asleep anywhere, anytime, in seconds.
- My favorite mode of transportation is a motorcycle or Vespa.
- I was the Executive Chef of Cellar in the Sky at Windows in the World Trade Center after the first bombing.
- I used to dislike okra, but I’ve learn to like it.
- I don’t have any tattoos.
- I always wear shorts to the beach and change into my bathing suit when I get there. It makes people crazy.
- I can’t spell. At all.
- Prince Albert of Monaco was my babysitter in the late seventies.
- I love the opera, the ballet, classical music and hip hop equally.
- I have no patience for The Real Housewives of anywhere.
- I love being invited to other people’s houses for dinner, but no one ever really asks me.
- My wife is my greatest inspiration. And she didn’t make me write that.
- I started drinking espresso late in the game but I now have at least one a day.
- I believe good scotch should be served with one ice cube.
- My parents live in Monte Carlo. Who does that?
- I’ve only been to Los Angeles a few times in my life. My wife wants to move there.
- I don’t think any meal can truly be enjoyed without good wine and good company.
- I believe that no one in our company works for me — they all work with me. And I couldn’t do any of what I do without each and every one of them.
Click here to meet the rest of my incredible team, and here to read that run-of-the-mill bio I was told I had to include. It’s long, but worth the read, I think.