Lauren Graham Quotes

I moved to Los Angeles in January 2004 because a buddy of mine, who I met at a friend's wedding, said he could get me a room in his apartment for $500 a month. I took it thinking that it would probably only be about six months before I moved back to Chicago, but I fell in love with it.

Well, I moved to Washington, D.C. when I was just fresh out of college.

My whole life is my work.

Having a family has made a huge difference in the roles I take, so doing a show in L.A. is a huge factor.

When I went to live in New York, I didn't mean to stay there, but here I am.

If it wasn't because of my high heels, I would still be in Coatzacoalcos with 10 children.

It was like pulling teeth trying to get me to L.A. I hated it for so long, but now I've got this great life here.

Working gets in the way of living.

I feel like the longer I hold out - I feel like as soon I move to L.A., I just become one of a million.

I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.

All I've done is work... I arrived in Los Angeles in my early 20s and I've been pounding the pavement ever since.

Georgia was a great place to live, but I wanted to get out because I knew the opportunities for what I was doing - stand-up comedy and eventually acting - were in Los Angeles.

I would love to be in New York, but it's really hard to be unemployed in New York. Everyone's got a place to be. In L.A., there's a system, a science to being unemployed.

My life is basically my work.

When I was 18, I moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA.

I grew up in San Francisco and moved to L.A. about 20 years ago, and now my main home is in Hollywood.

Work takes up a lot of my brain space. So when I work, it's one thing. I don't have a lot of time to think about dating.

I've spent so much time the last seven, eight years in Los Angeles, away from my family, away from my friends, away from the city that is my favourite place to be and I just want to come here and have a proper life.

I'd always wanted to live in San Francisco, and my circumstances never permitted it. I'm so happy I made the move.

Basically, what happened was, I had moved out to Los Angeles, I was pretty damn lazy and I put on some pounds.

I had a career at home, and I just knew that it'd be okay if nothing happened in Los Angeles.

L.A. is my office. I come here for work and work only.

I was born and raised in Queens and moved into the city as a young adult. Then I ended up acting and decided to run off to California.

Coming to Hollywood at 19 and living in a single apartment with one other guy on Venice Beach was a massive contrast to my upbringing.