Quotes from Bryan Greenberg


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I love the Olympics. Something about the Olympics just makes everything competitive.


When I'm working on a movie, I'm in my trailer playing guitar. And then on the road, I read scripts and think of... it just keeps both fires burning. I kind of need both.


The thing about New York is it's like London: you want to go to the boutique places. You can go to the big department stores - Barney's, Bloomingdales and all that stuff - but I like the little stores.


Seriously, my music really does help my acting, and, like, getting in and out of a character from a different lifestyle and writing a song about it. Likewise, my acting inspires the music because I can write a theme that I wouldn't necessarily approach at all in life.


My fans are probably largely female; it wasn't until 'How to Make it in America' that guys started coming up to me: 'You're Bryan Greenberg.' 'Yeah... Don't hurt me. What do you want?' 'Love the show.'


I really hope people go out and support the indie filmmakers, because it's a dying breed and there's a lot of cool voices out there that need to be heard.


I don't think of my music in terms of a career. I just want to get it out there and do it. I'm not manipulating my sound to be like anybody or trying to write to sound like anybody else.


I actually feel like I have developed friendships through Twitter, people that I've worked with I can kind of keep up with them. I've totally turned a corner. I get it. And Instagram.


As I get older, I find myself way more into sports. I'm in a basketball league. You maybe know some of the people in it. They're real people, not fake ones like me.


If you talk about your personal life to the press, you can't be mad at them when they start talking about you, because you invited them in.


If you just want instant cool and you don't want to pay a whole lot, just go to Urban Outfitters.


I've got a lot of artistic energy, but there's only so much of it, though. You don't want to spread yourself thin.


I've always gone back and forth between acting and music, but for music I'm not trying to be a pop star - I just like to do it.


I was a big Oasis fan.


I think when you get out of the big cities people get really freaked out when they see someone who is on TV, because they're not used to that.


I don't really talk too much about my personal life, but I'm happy.


I grew up in St. Louis, and I just couldn't wait until I turned 18 because I wanted to move to New York.


I didn't go to L.A. because I wanted to move to California. I went to L.A. to work as an actor.


I'm pretty good with talking to girls if I have an introduction, but I'm the worst at trying to go pick up a girl. I'm really bad at breaking the ice. It's awkward!


'The Good Guy' is a totally differently-looking New York than 'How To Make It' portrays. 'The Good Guy' is all about Wall Street and that culture, which 'How To Make It' touches on, but 'How To Make It' also is downtown, Lower East Side loft parties, cool clubs, Brooklyn and that world.