Mick says, Would you join the band? I say to him, Mick, you know I'd be there in a New York minute.
What I had later learned was that the FBI knew I was going to New York a couple days after the raid.
Being from New York, there's three things you know about Hollywood. You know about the Hollywood sign, Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard with the stars.
In New York, you have the street; in the U.K., we have the beach. I end up being like a migrating bird, being attracted to it.
In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?
I used to audition for 'NYPD Blue' quite a bit, so I had this stock New York detective character that I would bring in for all their auditions.
If you erased New York, I hate to say it, if you erased Frankfurt, even London, the world would not have changed.
I think New York is the center of fashion, even though L.A. has a lot of heritage and the glamour of Hollywood.
I had very modest expectations when I first moved to New York. I didn't even expect to get a record deal.
I had my boy in Boston on Easter Sunday. That kills me, from a sports perspective. He's a Boston baby and I'm a New York guy.
I saw 'Six Degrees of Separation' because my brother was in it. It was a watershed experience. It was theatrical and scary, and New York functioned like a character. John Guare became a hero for me.
I think driving in New York is a great experience. A lot more racing techniques go into it than anyplace else I've ever driven. There basically are no lanes.
I wish that food trucks could exist here in Chicago like they do in Brooklyn and in New York, where you're actually cooking off the truck.
My father described this tall lady who stands in the middle of the New York harbor, holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America. I instantly fell in love.
My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland.
My life is different since I moved back to L.A. from New York, mostly because I have a family and I don't go out.
I came to the U.S. in 1994 to learn English and go to business school, but I took only a few business courses at the State University of New York at Albany and didn't finish.
You don't have to be African American to really enjoy 'Frisky Business'. But as far as being black, a lot of people in New York have been stopped and frisked, so that hits home for them.
If you want to be in the automotive business, you go to Detroit, and you figure it out. If you want to be in entertainment, go to where it's at. Go to Hollywood, go to New York.
Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera.
The first time I went to New York, it was really exciting, and I thought, given half the chance, it would be nice to live there - the same with London.
