“I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.” JobsNew YorkI Love New York Author:Adepero Oduye
“I find the older I get, the lower in weight I go. It's harder to recover. Living in New York City, working a job that is unpredictable and at times stressful, you're lifting way more than your max because you need to push some weight around. You put an extra plate on for the release, and then you're sore the next week. Its stress release.” WayNeedsJobsNextCitiesWeekNew YorkWeightStressHarderReleaseExtrasNew York CityPlatesUnpredictableLiftingMaxStressfulNext WeekStress Release Author:Danny Pino
“I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.” ThinkingKnowsMadeKidsJobsFilmGuyGirlNew YorkLike YouDirectorsOfficeHeyThis GuyThis GirlBartenderShort FilmsReally Like You Author:Pauley Perrette
“I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a show there that was going to be filming here. Ended up coming out, getting the job and just staying.” YearsShowsJobsActingNew YorkCoupleStayingComing Out Author:Kristanna Loken
“If you look at suburban education in New Jersey and New York, it's pretty strong, intact, doing a pretty good job. You cap taxes for those communities, can we reasonably predict it's going to be as strong 20 years from now?” IfsYearsLooksJobsStrongCommunityNew YorkTaxesGood JobJerseyCapsNew Jersey Author:Dannel Malloy
“In the last 17 years of his working life, my father was finally rewarded with having landed a great job as first, a maintenance engineer, and then a senior locksmith with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.” YearsFirstsJobsLastsFatherNew YorkEngineersReservesSeniorMaintenanceGreat JobFederal ReserveWorking Life Author:Tony Visconti
“I think I'll be fine in New York. If I could stay here and just get jobs in New York, that would be fine and that's what I'd want to do. I don't want to move.” IfsThinkingWantWould BeJobsMovingNew YorkFineIf I Could Author:Jason Mewes
“In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers and producers are watching those shows. They're not flying to Chicago to see the show. People are booking jobs off the stages in L.A. who aren't more talented than the guys in Chicago. But the most guys book out of L.A., and the second is New York.” PeopleIfsBookShowsBigsJobsGuyStageNew YorkFlyingProducersAgentsManagersChicago Author:Jake M. Johnson
“When you do bigger jobs there's more attention and when you film in New York you get loads of paparazzi everywhere. It affects your work because you're trying to think about the person you're acting with and you've got 20 other lenses taking pictures of you at the same time, and it throws you.” ThinkingTryingPersonsJobsFilmActingAttentionNew YorkBiggerLoadLensesPaparazziTaking Pictures Author:Carey Mulligan
“I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.” JobsUsedImpossibleWeekStreetsNew YorkGrewGrew UpWaitressAllowance Author:Lady Gaga
“I did some professional radio acting as a teenager, and I essentially put myself through college with radio acting in Montreal. When I graduated, I got jobs in professional theatres, repertory, and stock theatres in Canada for a couple of years. And then I went to Stratford, Ontario, where I spent three years with a Shakespeare company. We took a classical play from Stratford to New York City, and I got some good notices there and essentially stayed and did live television. And that brings you to the beginning of filming.” YearsPlayJobsThreeActingCitiesCompanyNew YorkTelevisionCollegeCoupleRadioTheatreTeenagerCanadaNew York CityThree YearsMontrealOntarioLive Television Author:William Shatner
“I always sort of talk about - to myself at least, or to my friends, about wanting to just keep life very simple. I've found it most simple here in New York. You know, it's basically I have a, in a way, a 9-to-5 job, you know? I do eight shows a week. I live in New York City. I get to walk everywhere, and you know, just be one of the people of the city. And it's actually wonderful.” PeopleKnowsWayShowsJobsFoundSimpleWalksCitiesWonderfulWeekNew YorkMy FriendsEightNew York City Author:Bradley Cooper
“My other hobby, because I just love any job with a gavel, is auctioneer. And I so often have presided over charity auctions in New York that many years ago Sotheby's sent me my own gavel. Now, the Sotheby's gavel is infinitely more elegant--it came in a little velvet bag, with "Sotheby's" inscribed in gold. It hangs in my library. I feel that everyone has occasion to use a gavel at various times everyday, they just don't think of it.” ThinkingFeelsYearsLittlesUseJobsMy OwnNew YorkYears AgoGoldCharityEverydayLibraryVariousOccasionsBagsHobbiesElegantVelvetAuctionsGavel Author:Fran Lebowitz
“I decided to be a filmmaker between my sophomore and junior years at Morehouse. Before I left for the summer of 1977, my advisor told me I really had to declare a major when I came back, because I'd used all my electives in my first two years. I went back to New York and I couldn't find a job. There were none to be had. And that previous Christmas someone gave me a Super-8 camera, so I just started to shoot stuff.” YearsFirstsTwoJobsUsedLeftStuffNew YorkSummerMajorsDecidedCamerasFilmmakerTwo YearsJuniorsAdvisorsSophomoreJunior Year Author:Spike Lee
“I truly believe my job starts the minute I leave the baseball field. Going out and catching ground balls and hitting, that's a job, and that's what I've wanted to do ever since I was a kid. But when you think about leaving that field, that's when the job and the demands really start. In New York, Seattle, every city. The community, the media, business stuff. You have to stay on a narrow path.” ThinkingBelieveKidsWantedJobsStuffSportsCommunityCitiesPathMinutesMediaNew YorkFieldsDemandBaseballBallsLeavingHittingGoing OutCatchingSeattleNarrow PathBaseball Field Author:Alex Rodriguez
“I started my blog as an online diary. I moved to New York for a job, and I kind of wanted to keep my pictures all in one place. Also, I just love style blogs and wanted to join in on the fun!” KindWantedJobsFunStyleNew YorkMovedOnlineDiariesBlogs Author:Ashley Madekwe
“When NBC told me I got the job, I asked, 'Can we do it from New York?' There was just silence on the phone” JobsSilenceNew YorkPhonesNbc Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe.” FirstsJobsActorsNew YorkCardsDesperateWannabes Author:Morgan Freeman