Dream Quote by Haley Bennett

When I was 20, I picked up and left my entire family, who were in Ohio, and moved to Los Angeles on my own.

— Lauren Schmidt Hissrich

Honestly, in the beginning, it was really tough. Coming from Cincinnati, Ohio, I was just a girl who had a dream, which was to…

— Carmen Electra

California always had been a dream to me. I guess growing up in the 70s with movies like Vanishing Point, The Getaway, and Badlands…

— Stefanie Schneider

I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I'd spent a childhood in a far different place.

— Berkeley Breathed

It's not easy to leave your hometown and your family and your support system and come out to Los Angeles to - to pursue…

— Ryan Gosling

I was the only person to live in L.A. and vacation in Cleveland.

— Larry Nance, Jr

My children and I were all born in Los Angeles.

— Kyle Richards

I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream

— Victoria Principal

I always love going back to Los Angeles, because it was my home for 24 years, and I have many friends there.

— Dominick Dunne

I have lovely memories of Los Angeles in the 1930s. I came down to live with my mother's cousin and they invited me to…

— Beverly Cleary

I had every intention of leaving Los Angeles, moving to New York, and starting over - but life happened, as it always does.

— Stassi Schroeder

It's always been my dream to come to L.A.

— Kevin Abstract