“When I started studying acting in New York, I didn't plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting because I felt it was something I needed to try to do for myself, to express something, my inner pain, or something I couldn't get out.” TryingActionWantedPainFeltActingStudyPlansNew YorkHeroNeededAction Heroes Author:Dolph Lundgren
“Someone did a study of the three most-often-heard phrases in New York City. One is "Hey taxi." Two is "What train do I take to get to Bloomingdales?" And three is "Don't worry, it's only a flesh wound.” TwoHumorFunnyThreeCitiesWorryStudyHeardNew YorkTrainFleshWoundsHeyPhrasesNew York CityTaxi Author:David Letterman
“When I was in New York, a lot of my friends were studying filmmaking and would bring their scripts to me, as I was a good script doctor. I would read their scripts and make corrections to them for $20 per script and was fascinated by films.” FilmStudyNew YorkMy FriendsDoctorsScriptsFascinatedFilmmakingCorrections Author:Arjun Rampal
“Do what you love. Go to a good art school and study with the best teachers. Move to New York and read Ask Mark Kostabi.” ArtSchoolMovingAsksStudyTeacherAdviceNew YorkMarkWhat You LoveBest TeacherGood ArtArt School Author:Mark Kostabi
“A New York doctor has finished a five year study on what smells have the biggest effect on New Yorkers. The smell New Yorkers like the most: vanilla. The smell New Yorkers like the least: New Jersey.” YearsStudyFiveEffectsNew YorkDoctorsSmellFinishedFive YearsJerseyNew YorkersNew JerseyVanilla Author:Jay Leno
“A City University of New York study done in 1991 revealed that nearly 90% of the American people identify themselves religiously as Christians or Jews, while only 7.5 percent claim no religion.” PeopleDoneChristianReligiousCitiesStudyNew YorkPercentClaimsUniversityJew Author:William Bennett
“A range of studies shows there is no evidence immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans. In fact, first generation immigrants are predisposed to lower crime rates than native-born Americans. The two cities in this country most impacted by undocumented immigrants, you would think of the New York City with over 500,000 and Los Angeles, with a similar amount. Both those cities are among the safest in the free world.” ThinkingWorldFirstsTwoCountryFactsShowsBornCitiesStudyGenerationsCrimeNew YorkAmountEvidenceRateCommitRangeNativeImmigrantsLos AngelesNew York CityFree WorldOver 50Crime RatesUndocumented Immigrants Author:Geraldo Rivera
“I've been trained in dancing and I used to be quite good, though I am a bit rusty right now. But I could probably brush up in a couple of months. The funny thing is that I actually took classes from Savion Glover, who worked in Happy Feet, when I was a kid. Isn't that wild? I was part of a selected group that was brought into New York from New Jersey (which is where I'm from) to study, every Saturday: ballet, jazz and tap. It was a musical comedy group.” KidsUsedBitsClassStudyComedyGroupsFeetNew YorkMonthsCoupleRight NowDancingJazzMusicalUsed To BeBalletSaturdayBrushesJerseyFunny ThingsSelectedNew JerseyHappy Feet Author:Brittany Murphy
“Actually, New York is great for playing around. I made a lot of studies for New York-a big vacuum cleaner lying on the Battery in Manhattan.” MadeBigsLyingStudyNew YorkVacuumsManhattanCleanersBatteriesPlaying Around Author:Claes Oldenburg
“I must confess that when I'm alone in my study, here in New York, writing; that's when I'm happy.” WritingStudyNew York Author:James Lipton
“I went to the University of Minnesota to study art. I left the university to come to New York and live in Soho. I got involved with like a small kind of like experimental theater-mime company and we discovered that Étienne Decroux, a great mime, was still teaching in Paris so I went to study with him for several years.” YearsKindArtStillsLeftCompanyStudyTeachingNew YorkInvolvedTheaterUniversityAll KindsParisMinnesotaMimeSoho Author:Jessica Lange