NYQ<\/a>, a series in which we find out how \u201cNew York\u201d notable New Yorkers really are.<\/p>\nHow many years have you lived in New York? <\/strong>Twenty-four years.<\/p>\nYou could make one subway etiquette rule law \u2014 what would it be? <\/strong>If there\u2019s an elderly person on that train, stand up and let them sit.<\/p>\nYour cab driver is taking you on a horrible route. Do you interrupt? <\/strong>Oh yeah. Get in there. I taught my daughters that, and my oldest daughter actually told the guy off.<\/p>\nHow often do you take public transportation to the airport? <\/strong>The last time, probably like a year ago maybe. Sometimes it\u2019s just faster coming back.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s a blinking red light and you\u2019re about to cross \u2014 do you wait it out till it says walk, or are you crossing? <\/strong>Yo, I\u2019m walking here.<\/p>\nYou have family coming to town in 24 hours \u2014 what do you do with them on short notice? <\/strong>You just walk them till they\u2019re tired. And then that\u2019ll be that.<\/p>\nSomeone you want to impress asks for restaurant advice \u2014 what neighborhood do you send them to for the best Iranian food? <\/strong>This is very controversial. I\u2019m gonna say the Upper East Side \u2014 and go to Persepolis, baby. When I came to the city we had very few, and I went to Persepolis, and so that\u2019s my jam.<\/p>\nWhat grocery store do you go to to get hard-to-find ingredients? <\/strong>We\u2019ve got a World Market right near us, on 40th and Ninth.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s the hardest ingredient to find? <\/strong>Right now, saffron.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s the most iconic old New York SWANA spot in the city? <\/strong>Outside of the shit that was stolen from Iran \u2014 and that\u2019s at the museum, which I do have a fondness of, but it\u2019s crazy that it\u2019s at this museum \u2014 I would say Masquerade in Brooklyn. It\u2019s this incredible Iranian-themed music community venue.<\/p>\nSomeone says the rats are actually cute \u2014 what\u2019s your honest response? <\/strong>Are you blind?<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s your area code? <\/strong>646.<\/p>\nDo you think they still matter? <\/strong>My daughter\u2019s got a 212.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s the longest you\u2019ve waited on a subway platform? <\/strong>I remember one night I literally spent the last dollars I had to get on the subway. I must have waited an hour and 20 minutes.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s the most you\u2019ve ever paid for a coffee in New York City? <\/strong>Sadly, I think I\u2019ve paid 15 bucks for a coffee. Maybe it had booze in it.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s something a tourist does that you secretly still do? <\/strong>I absolutely adore the High Line.<\/p>\nBed bugs or roaches? <\/strong>We were living in a slumlord building. We had bed bugs with kids. I do not wish that on my worst enemy.<\/p>\nRoaches or rats? <\/strong>Rats, I guess.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s your go-to public bathroom? <\/strong>Lincoln Center. In that atrium, they\u2019ve got a bathroom there that\u2019s, like, perfect.<\/p>\nBest New York celebrity sighting? <\/strong>Paul Newman. I was doing a show at BAM, I opened the door, and Paul Newman was standing in front of me. I literally said, \u201cUh \u2026 uh \u2026 uh \u2026\u201d<\/p>\nI\u2019m old enough to remember when \u2026 <\/strong>The 9 train.<\/p>\nWhat about NYC still makes no sense to you? <\/strong>How people think that we\u2019re rude. I think that\u2019s bullshit.<\/p>\nSexiest New Yorker? <\/strong>I\u2019m gonna say Rosie Perez.<\/p>\nHow much do you pay when you go to the Met? <\/strong>I think we might have a membership.<\/p>\nWhat percent did you tip your last Uber driver? <\/strong>I go full. The third one.<\/p>\nLast thing you used your famous-person status to get in New York? <\/strong>There was a night \u2014 a bunch of us were on Broadway at like a Tony party and we were leaving. There was nowhere to eat, and we were just walking. At the time, Succession was a thing. And I went in and I said, \u201cListen, there\u2019s a lot of famous people here. I\u2019m on Succession.\u201d They\u2019re like, \u201cNo seats.\u201d So I was like, \u201cAll right, man.\u201d<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s the worst place to film in New York City? <\/strong>When I was shooting You Hurt My Feelings, we were shooting in Union Square. There was so much paparazzi there that we just had to change the story so that paparazzi wouldn\u2019t get involved. Union Square was kind of like the worst place we\u2019ve ever shot.<\/p>\n
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