“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
“I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.” TryingIdeasCharacterCitiesNew YorkIdentityLondonHotelVeniceSoho Author:Jean Nouvel
“You cannot see the Milky Way in New York City any more ... We risk the loss of our sensual perception. And if you lose those, naturally, you try to compensate by other stimulations, by very loud noises, or by bright lights or drugs.” IfsWayTryingLightLosesLossCitiesRiskNew YorkDrugPerceptionNoiseSensualLoudNew York CityStimulationMilky WayBright LightsLoud Noises Author:Rene Dubos
“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
“If there ever was an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptown-on-the-Hudson, call New York. Cosmopolitan they call it, you bet. So's a piece of fly-paper. You listen close when they're buzzing and trying to pull their feet out of the sticky stuff. "Little old New York's good enough for us"--that's what they sing.” IfsTryingLittlesEnoughStuffPiecesFeetNew YorkPaperGood EnoughStickyOld New York Book:41 Stories: 150th Anniversary Edition Source: 41 Stories: 150th Anniversary Edition
“This is New York, a combat zone, and everyone has to have an angle or they're not allowed over the bridges or through the tunnels. Let them have their angles, it's what they live for. You've got better things to worry about, like making sure the people that actually matter don't try any funny stuff.” PeopleTryingMatterStuffWorryNew YorkBridgesZoneCombatAngleTunnelsFunny Stuff Author:Cynthia Heimel
“This warning from the New York City Department of Health Fraud: Be suspicious of any doctor who tries to take your temperature with his finger.” TryingCitiesNew YorkDoctorsFingersDepartmentNew York CityFraudWarningSuspiciousTemperatureDoctor Who Book:Late night with David Letterman: the book Source: Late night with David Letterman: the book
“I love New York, and I would love to try to live here for a while if I ever got the chance, but it's also extremely hectic. I don't think I would cope with that.” IfsThinkingTryingChanceNew YorkHecticI Love New York Author:Alicia Vikander