York Quotes · Page 121

I'm a native of L.A. I've seen the city change and develop over time, and I still believe there's no place like…

— Jonathan Silverman

I did stand-up for a good number of years while I was still living in New York, and those people primarily knew…

— Samm Levine

I grew up in a very small town which is remote even by Indian standards. I always dreamed of the world.

— Mira Nair

I grew up in the Bronx, but in Riverdale - not exactly an area of New York that's known for being rough…

— Maggie Siff

Long time ago, I was going to be a New York cop, then got involved with this girl who was into acting,…

— Erik Estrada

I grew up in the States and Canada for a while because my mum came over in the 1970s. We lived in…

— Toby Stephens

It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.

— Noah Baumbach

I'm obsessed with New York. I want to marry it, maybe bear a few children with 42nd Street.

— Alex Wolff

Well if you from New Jersey, you always knew that going to Jersey Shore was way different from where you lived at.…

— Redman

I discovered Los Angeles in the late 90s. The city was not at its best at the time, but I fell for…

— Hedi Slimane

I grew up, as I joke around, in the 'People's Republic of Charlestown' in the city of Boston. And I was blessed…

— Jonathan Tucker

I don't really go out, 'go out' that much anymore. I live in Brooklyn, in Williamsburg, so I just like to wander…

— Zoe Kravitz

Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn…

— Abraham Polonsky

Since I was 18, I've been under orders from magazines and newspapers - chiefly The New York Times and Rolling Stone -…

— Neil Strauss

I'm drawn to write about upstate New York in the way in which a dreamer might have recurring dreams. My childhood and…

— Joyce Carol Oates

So far, Vancouver is my favorite relocation city. It feels like home. Parts of it remind me of the east coast. It's…

— Rachel Nichols

Los Angeles is a great place. Where else can you smell the air and see it coming at you at the same…

— Jackie Gayle

I'm such a tomboy - I was raised in the South - and I also really wanted to work in New York,…

— Jessica Stroup

I like Los Angeles. I've been able to do a lot there - swim, ski, go riding. But California isn't very stimulating.

— Joey Heatherton

I was totally romanticizing the idea of Los Angeles when the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young were hanging out there.

— Lykke Li

I used to go to open mics in New York when I was starting out, and it was mostly just people who…

— Kristen Schaal

It is in love with its limitless horizontality, as New York may be with its verticality.

— Jean Baudrillard

No part of Manhattan these days really has the same vibe I get from a Ramones song or a Velvet Underground song.

— Ezra Koenig

When I am in London, I think my favourite city is London, but when I am in New York, I feel it…

— Tommy Hilfiger

I'm from here, so I know how it is playing in L.A. If you're winning, they love you. If not, they'll find…

— Lonzo Ball

I grew up in a really small town with not a lot of money, and I liked singing, but it was just…

— Justin Bieber

I was born in Romania and later lived in Vienna, Austria, for a few years, and I eventually made my way over…

— Sebastian Stan

In Los Angeles, I feel connected to a hubbub of strangeness. And I enjoy that; I like strangeness.

— Robbie Williams

This is the place for me where every single dream I ever had came to fruition and I love it dearly. I…

— Malachy McCourt

“Paul Revere Jr., with whom I had lunch at Spanky’s Clam Shack in Hyannis, Massachusetts.”

— Nathaniel Philbrick

L.A. is such a big city, and theres so much going on. I mean, you know youre in L.A. when you can…

— Cassie Steele

But one sets of grandparents lived on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx and one lived in Manhattan and I had an aunt…

— Jason Alexander

I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.

— Liev Schreiber

Our theaters, our museums, our culture. We have everything New York has without the hassles.

— Jesse Ventura

There are some cities that you go to that bring something out of you. Toronto is one of them.

— Kevin Owens

God, Atlantis was only yesterday. Let alone Los Angeles. Remember that incarnation in Los Angeles?

— Frederick Lenz

I keep saying to myself, 'I'm in New York.' I've heard so much about it. It's big, isn't it?

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.

— Olivier Theyskens

I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there.

— Noah Baumbach

There were a lot of beautiful, thin people out there driving nice cars. It was a whole different experience being in L.A.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell