Several readers sent along the New York magazine Q-and-A with 19-year-old actress Sarah Hyland, who lives in the East Village.
Some excerpts!
Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Carrie Bradshaw or Mickey Rooney. When I was 15 I thought I was [Carrie] reincarnated. And I just love Mickey Rooney! Who doesn't? He's so tiny and cute.
Do you give money to panhandlers?
It really depends. If they really look like they're having a hard time, then yes. But I've seen so many people in the East Village pretend they're missing a leg and then they pull it out of nowhere and walk away with all the money they got during the day. So it really depends. I usually give money to talented-musician panhandlers.
I have no idea why you people sent me this link. I like Mickey Rooney too. So, lay off. She's only 19.
Who is this person?
ReplyDeletegotta give her credit for this:
ReplyDeleteWhich do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
The old Times Square, as in early aughts ... I don't like these new chairs in the middle of the street everywhere.
p.s.
ReplyDeletethat would just be a partial credit.
[i didn't know that times square in the decade of 2000-2010 is considered "old" times square.]
@ anon
ReplyDeleteUh, I have no idea.
Didn't she play one of Howard Stern's daughters in Private Parts?
she looks (and talks like) she is 12.
ReplyDeleteit's old times square to her - she's only 19 - 10 years ago is more than half her life - she was only 9 at athe start of that decade of the old times square
ReplyDeleteif you're older than 30 half your life is a considerable amount of time.
do you remember when you first said something like "i remember that, it was over 20 years ago" and how old that made you feel?
"But I've seen so many people in the East Village pretend they're missing a leg and then they pull it out of nowhere"
ReplyDeleteI just got an Eddie Murphy "Trading Places" flashback.
@Marty 'I can see! I can see! I have...I have legs.'
ReplyDelete@ blue glass
ReplyDeletethe times square of early 2000's is no different than the late 2000's and today, to me, at least. i'm giving her credit for being nostalgic for her 'old' days (and not liking the new chairs). she has at least a sense of what we grieve for -- the stuff that are constantly vanishing. am not bashing her for her notion of the 'old times square'.
and it made me 20 years older by asking that question.
Why are we asking questions of a 19 year old?
ReplyDeleteShe's on the show Modern Family, just to clarify.
ReplyDeleteI have no legs...I have no legs
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