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Mid-'80s in New York was fantastic. I remember my first Gay Pride parade in the city. Where I grew up was very sheltered, so…

— Francisco Costa

I started out doing theater in N.Y.C.

— James Van Der Beek

I began modeling in N.Y. and doing commercials. That led to regional theatre and then Broadway and then movies.

— Ian Ziering

I started out producing theatre in New York.

— Jason Blum

I came to New York, and it was a really cool time. People like Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee were making their first movies,…

— Christine Vachon

I spent 10 years in New York doing theater.

— Kristen Johnston

When I came to New York in 1949, there was already an entire fresh avant-garde film movement blooming in New York and California. It…

— Jonas Mekas

I spent a lot of time in New York in my twenties trying to get started the conventional way, doing a lot of theatre.

— Nick Searcy

I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.

— Griffin Dunne

I started doing professional theater and industrials in Chicago when I was a little squirt.

— Cecily Strong

I started working in New York City as an actor and did many plays. I did regional theater, smaller theaters, children's theater.

— Christopher Guest

I started off at Hofstra University in Hempstead, Long Island, and started doing theater in Manhattan in 1969.

— Joe Morton