“Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there.” ActorsDifficultCareersSuccessfulNew YorkTelevisionMovedActressesScreensCardsMiamiObtainingGuildsSuccessful CareerTelevision Commercials Author:Donna Rice Hughes
“I grew up in New York City in the '80s, and it was the epicenter of hip-hop. There was no Internet. Cable television wasn't as broad. I would listen to the radio, hear cars pass by playing a song, or tape songs off of the radio. At that time, there was such an excitement around hip-hop music.” SongCitiesCarNew YorkTelevisionGrewInternetGrew UpHip HopRadioHipsExcitementHopsBroadsNew York CityTape80sCablesHip Hop Music Author:Michael Rapaport
“My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.” WellsFilmActorsGoalNew YorkTelevisionTheaterFilm And Television Author:Stephen Root
“I was very much an only child who was raised by the television and movies, and I grew up in New York. We weren't, like, rich people, but we were middle-class people and my parents supported this love I had for entertainment.” PeopleChildrenParentClassRichMiddleNew YorkTelevisionGrewGrew UpRaisedEntertainmentMiddle ClassRich PeopleOnly Child Author:Billy Eichner
“I know when I was growing up in New York, whenever I turned on the television, I never saw a face that looked like me. Whenever there was an Asian person on television, it would be a huge event, me calling to my older sister 'There's an Asian person on television!' It was unheard of back then.” KnowsPersonsWould BeFacesGrowing UpSawsGrowingEventsNew YorkTelevisionHugeCallingLike MeAsianUnheardOlder Sister Author:Yunjin Kim
“Dingoes, jackals, skunks, vipers and weasel are now illegal in New York City. Well great, who's going to run CBS?” WellsRunningCitiesNew YorkTelevisionIllegalNew York CityWeaselsVipersJackalsDingoes Author:David Letterman
“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
“It was a pity that movies and live TV left New York for Hollywood. London theater, movies, television - until (Britain's) money ran out - were always better than ours since the city was the political capital of the country, as well as the artistic and literary one. In L.A. we've always been slightly sealed off from real life. It's no accident that two of our most interesting directors, Woody Allen and Bob Altman, are more or less settled in the real world.” WorldWellsTwoRealCountryPoliticalLeftInterestingCitiesNew YorkTelevisionTvsDirectorsHollywoodTheaterAccidentsLondonReal LifePityArtisticRanBritainReal WorldBobMost InterestingWoodyLive Tv Author:Gore Vidal
“When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses.” LittlesCountryKidsWantedFilmCitiesNew YorkTelevisionKeysGlassesArtificialLittle KidMartiniKey To HappinessFilm And TelevisionArtificial LifePenthouses Author:Tom Ford
“On a daily basis, my home life is very simple. I spend about 2 hours every morning reading the newspaper. As my two assistants will tell you, I don't come to work in the mornings, for two reasons. First, I want to be informed - that means I go through The New York Times every day, and then I watch some news on television. The second is, mornings are the best time to communicate with my clients abroad.” WantFirstsMeanTwoReasonHomeLife IsReadingHoursSimpleWatchesMorningNew YorkTelevisionNewsBasesCommunicateNewspapersEvery MorningClientsNew York TimesAssistantsBest TimesHome Life Author:I. M. Pei
“Every time someone does a Western movie, people flock to it. It's like, we're continually programming to people who are least likely to watch us. People in Nebraska aren't watching things on the computer, they're watching television. Why aren't we programming things for them? We only program things that appeal to New York and Los Angeles and in many ways spit on the rest of the country.” PeopleWayDoeCountryWatchesNew YorkTelevisionComputerProgramWesternAppealsProgrammingLos AngelesSpitFlocksNebraskaWatching TelevisionWestern Movie Author:Edward Allen Bernero