Cities Quote by Anna Kendrick

I moved to New York to pursue music.

— Sharon Van Etten

My music career is why I moved to New York in the first place.

— Renee Rapp

I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.

— Mandy Patinkin

I moved to New York City in the '80s to be an actress and to be on Broadway. That was always my dream.

— Michelle Visage

I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City.

— Glenne Headly

I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my artistic home.

— Jesse Tyler Ferguson

I graduated high school a year early and moved to New York when I was 17 to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.

— Mike Faist

I started out doing musical theater specifically - I thought I would eventually move to New York and audition for stuff, and maybe wind…

— Randy Rainbow

I grew up going to musicals with my mom here in New York, going to Broadway. I used to be in musicals in high…

— Sharon Van Etten

I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group…

— Nina Arianda

The first five years I lived in New York I was going out every night, to restaurants and album releases and parties.

— Molly Yeh

I'd gone to New York at an early age, and I got beat up a little bit, emotionally. So I thought I'd go home…

— Billy Squier