Chicago Quotes
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I think there are four or five interesting pockets where a lot of cool technology companies are getting started. Chicago is one of them. New York is certainly another. Silicon Valley really dominates. And you're seeing some stuff out of Boston and Seattle and down South.
Eric Lefkofsky
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I went to Northwestern in Chicago, in Evanston, and then I ended up trickling down in Chicago theater. I did a bunch of plays, but I was non-equity. For a lot of people, non-equity means you're not yet professional. But for me, if you're in a mainstream theater, you're doing something real.
Denis O'Hare
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While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I'm able.
Douglas Wood
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I grew up three and a half hours outside of Chicago, but people would call me a 'hick' or 'country boy.' Maybe it's because I talked with more of a country accent.
Brett Eldredge
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There are great fans in Chicago. I think you'd rather have them recognize than not recognize you.
Patrick Kane
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Chicago is seriously my favorite city in the country. People have roots here, which is nice. When you go to Los Angeles, no one is actually from Los Angeles.
Bill Rancic
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You have in Vegas the most heterogeneous audience you're gonna get anywhere in the country. In Boston, Chicago, Miami, you know who goes to the theater. In Vegas, you have people who only see one theater show a year, and it's in Vegas.
Penn Jillette
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I come from a working-class family in Pittsburgh, whereas 'Mike & Molly' deals with the working class in Chicago. I swear a little, but I pretty much talk the same. It's not like when you see someone like Tim Allen and he's a lot bluer onstage.
Billy Gardell
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In Chicago, we love our crooks!
David Mamet
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I was actually born in Chicago, and then when I was a toddler, my parents moved to Philadelphia.
Patti Smith
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I came from the South Side of Chicago wanting to be a rap artist and make videos.
Common
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L.A. just doesn't seem real to me. Chicago does. My real friends are there. It's home.
Chris O'Donnell
