York Quotes

I see a New York where people who are down on their luck can get back on the road to responsibility, a job and dignity.

West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York.

I like going to New York. I like the galleries and the theatre and the restaurants and bars and music. I think that city is more alive than Los Angeles.

New York City has the most beautiful women.

When I got started in New York, it wasn't like it is now. If you were different from Miles and Dizzy, it was very difficult to make gigs and make money with your own style.

But now, today, we don't know if Over the River is truly the next project to be realized, because something very nice happened to our life in November in New York.

Unfortunately I was in New York when 9/11 happened.

The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.

I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that.

There is more sophistication and less sense in New York than anywhere else on the globe.

It's the texture of New York that people miss by filming elsewhere. There are layers and layers of character - even in the pavement - that you can't get anywhere else. And the speed that the people move. It's so different from other places.

First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one.

Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.

If you want to get an education in how to get a story and how to survive, then get a street reporter job in New York City.

I'm quietly becoming New York's premiere actor. People don't understand. They have me pigeon-holed as a comedian.

I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York.

New Jersey shaped who and what I am. Growing up in Jersey gave you all the advantages of New York, but you were in its shadow. Anyone who's come from here will tell you that same story.

The faces in New York remind me of people who played a game and lost.

I love New York.

In New York, you can just wake up and everything sorts itself out. I love that, not having a plan.

Sidney Lumet's chief preoccupation wasn't art. It was right and wrong in the American city, nearly always in New York.

A friend told me about the casting notice for 'Queer Eye.' I was in Chicago and I had a contract with 'Esquire' magazine, so had been coming to New York City regularly and thought I'd catch a cheap flight, crash on a friend's sofa and do this hilarious audition that I had no chance of winning.

I think because I've maintained my residence in New York, those kinds of films have been more accessible.

I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I would move to New York in a heartbeat.

I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year.

I grew up in an artists' community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.

The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996.

Every summer my husband and I pack our suitcases, load our kids into the car, and drive from tense, crowded New York City to my family's cottage in Maine. It's on an island, with stretches of sea and sandy beaches, rocky coasts, and pine trees. We barbecue, swim, lie around, and try to do nothing.

I really wouldn't want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there, simple things like smells and the British sense of humor.

A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.