L.A. Quotes
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L.A. is a town built upon segregated, individual fantasies.
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The only place I am recognized all the time is in L.A. and otherwise, it's only about once a day. I feel pretty anonymous.
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I never thought anything was strange in Puerto Rico other than the big mosquitos; because I was born there, nothing was really foreign to me. I think what I saw strange coming to L.A. was that a lot of people are a little bit two-faced. In Puerto Rico, you don't get that.
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I've always had this thing about it not really mattering where you're from, because there's always been this big cloud over America saying you have to live in L.A. or you have to live in New York to make it. I always knew it didn't matter as long as you had the songs.
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I feel no compunction to defend L.A. People criticize it, and for the most part, it's well-founded.
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L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.
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It looks like they're going to get a stadium built in L.A., and I'm sure they'll be a team ready to move there, too...
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I had never been to Hawaii, and now I say that my body is from L.A. but my heart is from Hawaii, because I'm in love with it and it's home on every level, from a spiritual, soulful place.
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I grew up in the Ukraine 'til I was about 7, and then I moved to L.A.
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I'm a native of L.A. I've seen the city change and develop over time, and I still believe there's no place like home.
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When I got to L.A. I woke up and I was losing my voice because of the dry air. It was like, "Oh my god, this is going to be Joe's Pub all over again.
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I spend a part of the year in New York when based in L.A. and vice versa. It's the only way I feel balanced. Outside of theater and my community of friends out there, my family is still in N.Y., so I have a lot of reasons to spend time out there as well. I guess I'm bi-coastal.
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I wouldn't have been able to move to L.A. if I felt I was going to lose my identity as a New Jerseyian. My accent has gotten thicker since I've lived here.
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From 18 to 22, I was alone, living in L.A. with a bunch of friends, partying.
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I moved to New York when I was almost 21 and I've lived there for almost eight years, now I have a totally different relationship to L.A. There's like all this space and it's so beautiful seeing all these different landscapes and all my friends are here so now I really like it so much but my adjustment period was a little like "What a strange town".
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The band I've played with for 10 or 12 years now, we've been all over, but we mostly play in LA.
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I've spent a lot of time in L.A., it's always reminded me a bit of Jo'burg, which is a deeply segregated city. And L.A. is really like an apartheid city; white people just don't go to South Central. It's just a different world.
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L.A. is so focused on TV and film that theater is kind of an arcane sport. People look at you like you're doing something cute.
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Don't try to start a career in LA, unless money is all you're interested in.
