Ana Gasteyer Quotes

I'm very social, and in a place like New York, even if you're alone on the subway, you never feel lonely.

I'm an east coaster, you know, I'm brought up in Toronto where it's very much, like, kind of a miniature New York in that there's a subway and you're surrounded by people a lot and, you know, you bump into people and you have interactions and you communicate and la la la.

I miss the anonymity that comes with New York because everyone around you is so immersed in their own journey.

In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.

New York is so unique, and you are not always encouraged to consider the people in the city your neighbors because of the fast pace and surface anonymity.

In New York, especially, so much of your life is spent on the streets. You don't always want to be driving around in an SUV with a security guard. You want to be able to walk to a restaurant; you want to go and do things.

People are friendlier in New York than London.

Everything is so convenient in New York.

I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.

It is quite hard to relax in London. I always say I'd move somewhere quieter, but I am a bit of a confirmed urbanite now - it crept up on me without me noticing. I always think that I function quite well on my own, unusually so, but then I'm reminded how important people are to me.

New York City is a place where you can lock yourself up in your little studio apartment, and not go outside at all, and not feel in the slightest guilty about it.

I love New York. You're never alone, but you're always on your own.

There's this thing of you can live in a city and be completely alone, not notice anything going on around you.

What I love about New York is that everyone is in their own world. It's the opposite of L.A. - there, everyone is looking outside of themselves to see who's next to them. What's great about New York is that you get to be anonymous.

I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.

The beautiful thing about New York is, you have to expose yourself to other people the minute you step outside the door. There is no choice. And I love that.

Cities produce in me melancholy or a tension I don't need.

I have more friends in New York than Paris.

New York is a wonderful place to be up, an awful place to be down.

Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.

I love New York. I love the people. I love the anonymity.

All my best friends live downtown in New York City. I was made in Soho.

I live in a high rise with my family part of the year in New York and I don't know three quarters of the people in the building. We live in the same square-footage and I wouldn't know who they were.

I feel so at home in New York that I don't have the urge to write about it.

It'll be interesting to raise kids in New York City. I'm from suburbia, so I don't really have any experience with what it's going to be like here.