Cool Quote by Kehinde Wiley

I lived in Los Angeles in the '80s, which was not the best place to be.

— Corey Haim

I had always wanted to tell a story that was set in Los Angeles in the '50s, because that's where I grew up, and…

— Curtis Hanson

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

— Berkeley Breathed

I grew up in South Central Los Angeles, where people are in cars.

— Kehinde Wiley

There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.

— Christopher Hampton

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

— Hedi Slimane

In South Pasadena, artists were around but invisible somehow. Even though it was just a fifteen-minute drive from Downtown LA, it felt worlds apart.…

— Porochista Khakpour

When I moved to Los Angeles, my goal was to gain respect - whether it's in big or small projects - and as long…

— Garrett Clayton

I always had this childhood image in the back of my mind of this fantastic place where all the things I liked came from;…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

My mom brought me up on old Hollywood. I had been living in Los Angeles, respecting old movies and growing up with people that…

— Lily Collins

I stayed in the East for about a year after I graduated. Then, I came out to Los Angeles and started knocking on doors…

— Lauren Shuler Donner

Los Angeles: nineteen suburbs in search of a metropolis.

— H. L. Mencken