Chicago Quote by Lena Waithe

I ended up leaving Chicago because I ultimately felt like I couldn't successfully have a career there because my family was there. I just…

— Esther Povitsky

I left before I had the opportunity to pursue work more widely in Chicago.

— KiKi Layne

I didn't want to go to college. I wanted to move to Los Angeles right out of high school.

— Jenna Fischer

I enjoyed living in Chicago and doing plays for little or no money. I never actually thought that I would leave Chicago, originally. I…

— Michael Shannon

At some point, when I was in Chicago for maybe eight years, I never thought I would leave Chicago. I wish it would have…

— Luol Deng

I moved to Chicago in 1980 to go to college

— Steve Albini

I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that…

— Candace Bushnell

What brought me to L.A. was work! I moved to Chicago after college - I went to Kalamazoo - did my nerd thing, graduated,…

— Steven Yeun

Moving to Chicago was like a perfect warmup to moving to a big city.

— Nate Bargatze

Well, I moved to Washington, D.C. when I was just fresh out of college.

— Katie Pavlich

I moved to L.A. right after I finished high school, for three years, because everybody was telling me it was important to get down…

— Max Thieriot

Living in Chicago as a country boy, basically, and going to college made a very big impact on me.

— Fred Eychaner