It's the texture of New York that people miss by filming elsewhere. There are layers and layers of character - even in the pavement - that you can't get anywhere else. And the speed that the people move. It's so different from other places.

Richard Benjamin (born May 22 1938) is an American actor and film director. Then he returned to comedy with a supporting role as a harried theatrical agent in the Neil Simon hit The Sunshine Boys opposite Walter Matthau and George Burns and as Matthau's colleague at an ineptly run hospital in House Calls (1978). Benjamin's acting appearances have become less frequent: he has chosen more directing of film as he feels everyone has looked at his acting in other films along the way.

Richard Benjamin (born May 22 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions including Goodbye Columbus (1969) based on the novella by Philip Roth and Westworld (1973) and directed among other films the 1982 film My Favorite Year.