“I actually came to New York when I was 12 and did ballet school for a little while. I was being groomed to be professional, and a lot of the professors and teachers there were drawn to me and thought that I could become a professional ballerina.” LittlesSchoolTeacherNew YorkProfessorsBalletBallerina Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“The first job I got when I was in high school was working for a department store in New York. I worked in the stockroom. That's when I learned that I couldn't work for anyone else, because I was spoken to in a way that I wasn't spoken to at home.” WayFirstsHomeSchoolJobsNew YorkHigh SchoolStoresDepartmentDepartment Stores Author:Frankie Knuckles
“I had grown up and gone to high school in New York, so I wanted to get out of the east coast.” WantedSchoolGoneNew YorkHigh SchoolEastCoastEast Coast Author:Tod Machover
“My brother played the game with his friends, so I thought I was a pretty smart kid and I played this friend of mine and he just crushed me and this was Brooklyn Tech High School in Brooklyn where I still live, in Brooklyn, New York and this guy beat me so bad it wasn't even funny. I couldn't understand why he beat me.” StillsKidsSchoolGuyGamesNew YorkMinesBrotherSmartBeatsHigh SchoolMy BrotherThis GuyCrushedBrooklynSmart KidBrooklyn New York Author:Maurice Ashley
“When I was in NYU Film School I drove a taxi in New York for two years, I felt like I owned my own business with that little taxi.” YearsLittlesTwoSchoolFilmFeltMy OwnNew YorkTwo YearsTaxiOwn BusinessFilm SchoolNyu Author:Todd Phillips