“I was staying on [writer/director/actor] Eric Schaeffer's couch in New York, and he said, "I've got this movie [If Lucy Fell]. Can you do five days on it?" And I was like, "Yeah, anything. Twenty-four hours times five is 120 hours. Oh, great, I'll fill 120 hours of my life with something." So I did that and it was fun, and then I did Flirting with Disaster.” IfsSaidActorsFunHoursFiveFourNew YorkDirectorsTwentiesYeahDisasterStayingFlirtingCouchesEricLucy Author:Ben Stiller
“Yeah, I don't think you can live anywhere else - it's such a great city [New York]. L.A. is kind of a necessary evil, but man, I love going back to New York.” ThinkingMenKindEvilCitiesNew YorkYeahGreat CitiesNecessary Evil Author:Will Arnett
“We have an expression in New York City government - "In God we trust, but for everyone else, bring data." It's so easy to pick up a sound byte and say, "Oh, yeah, yeah, I believe that," without really thinking.” ThinkingBelieveGovernmentI BelieveEasySoundCitiesNew YorkExpressionPicksYeahDataNew York CityGod We TrustCity Government Author:Michael Bloomberg
“Yeah, I feel sort of unfinished in New York, even though I spent so many years there. I think it's because I never got a chance to do any Broadway, or even off-Broadway. I would love to do that and I haven't given up on that.” ThinkingFeelsYearsGivenChanceHavensNew YorkYeahBroadwayGiven UpUnfinished Author:Eva LaRue
“I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.” PeopleThinkingWantSaidPlayWantedGuyNew YorkGunYeahAgentsRetiringFrankFree Agents Author:Carmelo Anthony
“I did live in New York. Yeah, I moved to L.A. for 'Community.' And I gave up my apartment in New York.” CommunityNew YorkYeahMovedApartmentGave Up Author:Gillian Jacobs
“I met my new partner [in Indiana] and she asked if I wanted to move out of New York. I said yeah, and we got a house that's way cheaper than renting a closet in New York.” IfsWaySaidWantedMovingHouseNew YorkMetsYeahPartnersClosetsCheaperIndiana Author:Shaun Fleming
“I hate sandwiches at New York delis. Too much meat on the sandwich. It's like a cow with a cracker on either side. "Would you like anything else with the pastrami sandwich?" "Yeah, a loaf of bread and some other people!"” PeopleHumorFunnyPastHateSidesToo MuchNew YorkI HateYeahBreadMeatCowsSandwichesCrackersPastrami Author:Mitch Hedberg
“This is the most exciting place in the world to live. Oh yeah! There are so many ways to die in New York City! Race riots, drive by shootings, subway crashes, construction cranes collapsing on the sidewalks, manhole covers blowing up and asbestos shooting into the sky.” WorldWayHumorFunnyDiesRaceCitiesSkyNew YorkExcitingYeahShootingNew York CityConstructionCrashRiotPlaces In The WorldSubwaySidewalkCranesBlowing UpAsbestosRace Riots Author:Denis Leary
“Yeah, I love living in New York, man, and people who live in New York, we wear that fact like a badge right on our sleeve because we know that fact impresses everybody! I was in Vietnam. So what? I live in New York!” PeopleKnowsMenFactsHumorFunnyNew YorkYeahVietnamImpressSleevesBadges Author:Denis Leary
“New York has made me so paranoid, too. Whenever I visit another city, I always act like I'm from there, so the cab driver doesn't rip me off. I'm always like, "Yeah, it's good to be back home. Back here where I grew up. Yeah. Here in Tokyo. ... Uh, driver, I need to go to my old stomping grounds. That would be the Holiday Inn. And the address appears to be the pound sign."” NeedsMadeHomeWould BeFunnyCitiesComedyNew YorkGrewGrew UpYeahAddressesHolidayPoundsDriversRipBack HomeParanoidCabTokyoInnsStompingCab Drivers Author:Jim Gaffigan
“Yeah, no one really grows up competing in the bobsled. You have to be 16 years old before you can even drive one. And there are really only two places in the country where you can bobsled - Park City, Utah, and Lake Placid, New York.” YearsTwoCountryGrowsCitiesGrowing UpNew YorkYeahParksLakesCompetingUtahPlacidLake Placid Author:Elana Meyers
“So, I went to Germany and ended up parasailing around this castle. I was in Germany sightseeing, eating Bratwurst and hanging out in beer gardens. And then, I got back from Germany and got a call where they were like, "We need to fly you to New York tomorrow to read with Taylor [Schilling]." I was like, "Wait, for Alex, the manipulative drug-smuggling lesbian girl?!," and they were like, "Yeah."” NeedsGirlWaitingNew YorkTomorrowDrugEatingGardenYeahBeerGermanyHanging OutCastlesAlexManipulativeSmugglingSightseeing Author:Laura Prepon
“Hillary Clinton has reportedly accepted Barack Obama's offer to become secretary of state. That's what they're saying in the New York Times. Yeah, according to Bill Clinton, this is the first time in 20 years that Hillary has said 'yes.'” YearsFirstsSaidStatesNew YorkOffersFirst TimeYeahBillsClintonAcceptedBarackSecretaryNew York Times Author:Conan O'Brien