Actor Quote by Sam Shepard

I told my parents I wanted to move to New York City and be an actress when I was around seven or eight.

— Rachel Boston

I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and excited beyond belief. I was an art student and…

— Robert Redford

I moved to New York at 17 to pursue theater. I didn't know anyone and I didn't have any sort of way in, so…

— Mike Faist

I moved to New York to do a play when I was 18.

— John Gallagher, Jr

Right when I turned 18, I moved to New York, originally for school, and then dropped out and just lived in New York.

— Alia Shawkat

I moved to New York when I was 17 for college.

— Diana Silvers

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

— Glenne Headly

I was going to clubs in Manhattan when I was 14.

— Mike D

I did a lot of community theatre and met a manager that worked out of Philadelphia, and she started sending me up to New…

— John Gallagher, Jr

When I was 18, I joined the Screen Actors Guild, and after college I came to New York.

— Marla Maples

And so when I graduated I moved to New York, and I was waitressing here and auditioning - and I got my first job…

— Piper Perabo