Day Quote by Viola Davis

When I first got to the city, I had no money. I was living in Queens amongst boxes and lived in Harlem and didn't…

— Helene Yorke

I remember having no money and debating whether I should go get fast food or eat at Mom's for free. Now I'm going to…

— Fergie

I know I still had to take money from my parents, because no one can afford to live in Manhattan, not even the rich…

— Drew Magary

I'm from Brooklyn. I grew up very poor- seven people, four rooms. My dad had no education.

— Peter Criss

I was from very poor people: 11 of us in a two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. I wanted the large houses, the cars, jets, and yacht.

— Neil Sedaka

I moved to New York aged 16, and worked part-time in a Korean store in South Bronx selling groceries, bread and confectionery. I earned…

— Chris Eubank Sr

I've been living, I've lived in New York since I was 18 years old and traveled pretty much all over the world.

— Tricia Helfer

It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York.

— Josh Radnor

I lost an apartment. l became homeless for 11 months and squatted in a building on Sullivan Street in lower Manhattan.

— Andrew Zimmern

I probably have to move out of New York. I just can’t live in New York anymore.

— Alec Baldwin

I lived in New York, and I was the guy who was flying home almost every week, so there was a physical exhaustion and…

— Peter Jacobson

I spent a lot of my life schlepping around New York with people not doing things for me.

— Debbie Gibson