Susanna Phillips I applied to a few conservatories. I was sure that I wouldn’t get in, and I didn’t plan to go to N.Y. But then I got into Juilliard. – Susanna Phillips
Stephen J Dubner Freakonomics’ began with a ‘N.Y. Times Magazine’ profile I wrote about Steve Levitt. I was working on a book about ‘the psychology of money,’ and since Levitt’s an economist, my editor thought I’d be the guy to write about him. Fact is that Levitt has almost no interest in either psychology or money. – Stephen J Dubner
Soledad O'Brien My hair journey involved a lot of trying to figure out how to deal with my hair as a bi-racial girl in a white community living in Long Island, N.Y., where no one had a clue what to do with it. – Soledad O’Brien
Seal People drive everywhere in L.A., so you get very little human interaction… but N.Y. and Chicago are like London… L.A. lacks the social interaction. – Seal
Romulus Whitaker Luckily there were no venomous snakes around Hoosick, N.Y., so I amassed quite a collection of milk snakes, garters, ribbons and ring-necked snakes. – Romulus Whitaker
Robert Morse I like the normal things of life: I like the Mets, and the Celtics, and the N.Y. Rangers. I like to watch C-Span; I love Costco. – Robert Morse
Peter Falk When I was growing up in Ossining, N.Y., playing pool with the guys, the thought that any one of us might become an actor was as far-fetched as being knighted by the queen of England. – Peter Falk
Peter Facinelli Last week I was in London at an awards show, then I flew home and was in an RV park with my wife and kids in our motorhome, this week I’m in NY doing a charity event, and tomorrow I’ll be coaching my daughters soccer practice. I guess the range of roles I play on film stem from the range of roles I play in real life. – Peter Facinelli
Pauley Perrette When I was in N.Y. bartending, I was in a billion music videos. I was in Madonna, George Michael, Salt-n-Pepa – it goes on and on. – Pauley Perrette
Paul Engle I have lectured at Town Hall N.Y., The Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, Amherst, Wellesley, Columbia, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana State University, Colorado, Stanford, and scores of other places. – Paul Engle
