“One can live a simple life in Hollywood, despite reports to the contrary. You can be out in the open. You can ride horseback and even go swimming in the winter. New York has its decided advantages - plays, operas, art exhibits, auctions - and I would not want to stay away from it too long. But frankly, I would rather work in Hollywood.”
Rodolfo Valentino

“I’m a New York actor as I said and I always said I would never go to Hollywood.”
James Tolkan

“In Hollywood, actors learn to act from watching television. In New York people learn to act by walking down the street.”
Sidney Lumet

“I always wanted to have a career that would keep me at home in New York so I can work in the theater all the time and be involved in the creative process from the ground up.”
Bobby Cannavale

“There's a difference between a Hollywood wife and a Hollywood woman. I don't count. I worked.”
Angie Dickinson