There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical hat I use to think... I use to feel when I walked out of my apartment on the way to school or anywhere that I was walking out on stage.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I'm in New York, I just want to walk down the street and feel this thing, like I'm in a movie.
I didn't know a soul when I got to New York, and I felt really displaced. The first week I was euphoric, and then I realized how isolating the city can be.
When you're in New York City or Boston or something, you feel surrounded by cities and by culture.
There's nowhere in New York to go and have your emotions to yourself. People just look the other way because every day people see someone crying on the subway!
All my life, I never really felt comfortable anywhere in New York, except maybe in an apartment somewhere.
I go down the street thinking, 'Oh my God, I live in New York.' But then I think, 'Oh my God, I'm on Broadway!'
New York is the only city that I have ever lived in that I have felt at home.
What I love about the theatre is that it's always metaphorical. It's like going back to being a kid again, and we're all pretending in a room. Sometimes, when the pretending really works, I find it much, much more moving than something on film.
When you live in New York, one of two things happen - you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
And I went to New York and died; for 10 years I walked those pavements. I can't think of New York without feeling uncomfortable and feeling like a failure.