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In 1984, the Federal Trade Commission released a report that explained why taxis could charge customers exorbitant prices for dismal service. The simple reason, according to the 176-page study: lack of competition in the market. The culprit: local governments.

I took a cabbie to taxi court once. Years ago, this guy didn't want to take me to Brooklyn. Just refused. I explained that I would absolutely take him to Taxi Court because, see, I'm an actor and have pretty much nothing but free time.

There's been so much corruption and so much cronyism in the taxi industry and so much regulatory capture, that if you ask for permission upfront for something that's already legal, you'll never get it.

You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner.

No nice men are good at getting taxis.

I miss the noise in New York: the sound of taxis and that constant buzz the city has.

I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.

No place is unpoliceable; no crime is immune to better enforcement efforts.

How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.

I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.