Laura Benanti
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TOM JONES BRAD PAISLEY Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the the... AL LOPEZ You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if it's supposed to be funny, it can be fu... DAVID R. ELLIS As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy ... SOPHIE THOMPSON DWAYNE JOHNSON If you're going to make a musical, don't cartoon it from the play. Make it better than the p... JEROME LAWRENCE Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you're an artist and you go to a karaoke bar and sin... JASON ALDEAN I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages ... JESSYE NORMAN There's so much pressure, but I think if you really love it, if you truly love it, and it's ... FLEUR EAST COLIN TREVORROW AMY WINEHOUSE TINA TURNER A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's ... LAURA BENANTI MIKE BIRBIGLIA It's a fun job, but it's stressful because you have to be funny. You have to have punch line... STEVE BREEN ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. COLIN TREVORROW NAIMA ADEDAPO I would love to be an amazing singer. I take voice lessons. It's good to have as a dancer - to b... MADDIE ZIEGLER PAULA PELL Listen, if you said to me, 'Adam Shankman is going to direct you in a musical and you have six m... LESLIE BIBB STEPHEN SONDHEIM It's great if you're funny or if you can dance, but if you are kind and decent, it comes out... YVETTE NICOLE BROWN There's not only emotion in the way you sing but also in what you sing. That way I can compensat... BETH GIBBONS If someone wants to say 'I love you' in a straight play, they say it, and then it's the ... MARSHA NORMAN HARRY STYLES J. K. SIMMONS BILLIE HOLIDAY NEIL PATRICK HARRIS CAT STEVENS CAT STEVENS CAT STEVENS If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways... YUSUF ISLAM TONY BENNETT Eddie Murphy said once in an interview that nothing is offensive if it's funny. I sort of agree ... ARTIE LANGE BARBARA CORCORAN JOHN GORDON SINCLAIR THE WEEKND If you're going to sing on stage, wear lip stain. SABRINA CARPENTER I'm very happy to be employed. I always contend that in show business that if you're employe... LANCE BURTON BILLY WILDER I think it's imperative to follow your heart and choose a profession you're passionate about... STEVE KERR TOM LANDRY I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part ... JIM VARNEY As you get older you're told to be sensible, but it's important for writing if you're a ... TIM VINE I do think there are some actors that can get away with trying to be funny, and they're still fu... CONSTANCE WU FRANK PERDUE Often you get wonderful singers who maybe aren't as strong as actors, or you get wonderful actor... ALEXANDER HANSON W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM FAMKE JANSSEN With drama, you know if you're having a true moment, but in comedy, if somebody doesn't laug... BROOKE NEVIN GOLDA MEIR Everyone, when you're a teenager and you're growing up, you do feel like your life is dramat... BEN FOLDS WALTER ISAACSON VINCE GILL CARLOS GHOSN JASON DAY When you're on a submarine you're usually underwater for months at a time, and you don't... JESSY SCHRAM If you're in love with someone maybe you can show it too much. PATSY KENSIT I was at a school in England, a prep school, from the ages of 8 and 13. And every play they did was ... CHARLIE COX If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker. PATRICK CARNEY You gotta learn that if you're gonna take the last shot of the game, it's either gonna go in... TOM HEINSOHN JAMES WAN When you guest-star, you're usually at the center of the dramatic arc, so that's fun. BELLAMY YOUNG It's not like you do 'SNL' and then get handed movie roles. You work, you audition for s... BOBBY MOYNIHAN If you're sitting in that audience ready to fight me from the very beginning, I'm going to h... BETTY CARTER STEVIE NICKS BEAR GRYLLS But don't get caught out there looking goofy. It's weird. When you do something that stinks,... JAMIE FOXX RUSSELL CROWE MAYA ANGELOU If you're the Rolling Stones, you can sing 'Start Me Up' for 35 years, and people still ... BRYAN CALLEN MATT DAMON You either have to sing about being scorned by a lover or sing about thinking a boy is cute and want... MAREN MORRIS If you're guilty of something, you can focus on that, but if something terrible happens, and you... DARIN STRAUSS If you want to be a poet, you can just write it on a napkin, and it's the length of the napkin, ... ROBERT KRULWICH AL FRANKEN For me, style is essentially doing things well. If you want to be outrageous, be outrageous with sty... FRANCOISE GILOT Be mobile at all times, even if it causes you suffering or feelings of loneliness. Unless you're... OLEG CASSINI MALCOLM X BRAD GORESKI And as an actor - or even as a person in the industry - if you're unwilling to change, you'r... CLINT HOWARD KEVIN MITNICK NINA SIMONE I don't think you should try to be anything you're not. If you're not smiling all the ti... ELLE FANNING
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I was pregnant, and, like, 'Being a mom's going to be easy!' And now I'm like, '... LAURA BENANTI When I was 5 years old, I was coming up the stairs, and I saw my mom standing there, singing 'A ... LAURA BENANTI For me, Kate McKinnon can do no wrong. She is an absolute genius. She's a hero of mine. Melissa ... LAURA BENANTI For me, Melania represents America. We're all reluctantly married to Donald Trump now. She is a ... LAURA BENANTI I do think that having the villain be a woman is just as feminine, because we're not just saying... LAURA BENANTI I'm very grateful for social media. I think it has shown people my true nature, and through that... LAURA BENANTI I think that I come off as, 'Nothing bothers me, I don't care! I'm funny and sassy.'... LAURA BENANTI I grew up loving musicals. My mom had records of original cast recordings, and one of them was '... LAURA BENANTI I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy t... LAURA BENANTI A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's ... LAURA BENANTI Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals. LAURA BENANTI My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old. LAURA BENANTI I actually enjoy Britney Spears. Not as a singer but as a performer. I just enjoy watching her. I th... LAURA BENANTI I was a little girl who grew up idolizing musical-theatre stars. LAURA BENANTI I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not. LAURA BENANTI Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had. LAURA BENANTI I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - t... LAURA BENANTI I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surround... LAURA BENANTI My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is ... LAURA BENANTI I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about,... LAURA BENANTI There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commer... LAURA BENANTI I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But... LAURA BENANTI Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're ... LAURA BENANTI Musical theatre is my first love. LAURA BENANTI I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple ... LAURA BENANTI I love doing concerts. For me, it's the favorite thing I do. I get to communicate with the audie... LAURA BENANTI I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled dow... LAURA BENANTI For me, even if I'm singing to a very large audience, like in 'The Sound of Music Live' ... LAURA BENANTI If you can hear music, you can hear the musicality of the way someone speaks. It's easier to nai... LAURA BENANTI [For the November 2004 National AIDS benefit performance of Pippin , she played Catherine, opposite ... LAURA BENANTI [Of Yugoslavian-German-Irish-Native American heritage, she was raised in Kinnelon, NJ, the daughter ... LAURA BENANTI Just standing next to Zoe Caldwell made me a better actress, ... He said some amazing things that I ... LAURA BENANTI It's a difficult subject matter, especially for a comedy. It's not everyone's cup of tea. People mag... LAURA BENANTI I hate to sound like a Pollyanna, ... but in a way [the ordeal] was kind of a blessing. It puts thin... LAURA BENANTI Food is the most basic forum for discussing things like love and the absence of love; how we hurt ou... LAURA BENANTI [Since he's in the business, Chris Barron fortunately understands the demands of his wife's career.]... LAURA BENANTI [Since he's in the business, Chris Barron fortunately understands the demands of his wife's career.]... LAURA BENANTI [Also a songwriter (and guitarist), she's working on a solo CD.] It's kind of up in the air, ... I'm... LAURA BENANTI [Also a songwriter (and guitarist), she's working on a solo CD.] It's kind of up in the air, ... I'm... LAURA BENANTI My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's 'I Remember Sky.' It's probab... LAURA BENANTI [Since he's in the business, Chris Barron fortunately understands the demands of his wife's career.]... LAURA BENANTI [Also a songwriter (and guitarist), she's working on a solo CD.] It's kind of up in the air, ... I'm... LAURA BENANTI Some fear the dark; I embrace it. It is the only place where my eyes are blind, and my soul wanders ... LAURA LAURA SCHLESSINGER Doing the right thing has power. LAURA LINNEY When I was diagnosed I didn't know how epidemic cancer was. You find out that everybody you know... LAURA ZISKIN I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. LAURA ZISKIN You know I'm proud that I was able to develop and produce movies that I wanted to make. LAURA ZISKIN For me as a filmmaker, I do the projects I'm really excited about. LAURA ZISKIN What's great about making movies is the sort of additive process of bringing people together and... LAURA ZISKIN I describe myself as someone who was always putting on a show, even when I was a little girl. I want... LAURA ZISKIN LAURA WILKINSON LAURA WILKINSON LAURA WILKINSON LAURA WILKINSON LAURA WILKINSON LAURA WILKINSON LAURA WILKINSON LAURA WILKINSON LAURA WILKINSON LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER LAURA WASSER It's very lucky to be able to do a job where I get to sit about writing plays all day and going ... LAURA WADE I'm not very good at sticking at things if I can't be successful at them. I gave up on sport... LAURA WADE I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quit... LAURA WADE Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wou... LAURA WADE It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it? LAURA WADE Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've j... LAURA WADE 'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bas... LAURA WADE I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting... LAURA WADE Apparently the show happens even if I'm not there. Who knew? LAURA WADE And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written... LAURA WADE In my final year at Bristol University, I wrote a play called 'White Feathers.' It was produ... LAURA WADE I'm always drawn to writing things that feel like uncharted territory. LAURA WADE I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the op... LAURA WADE I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever se... LAURA WADE I don't like writing with real people in mind. LAURA WADE I think it's disingenuous to believe that being born into a privileged world means you feel like... LAURA WADE It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright. LAURA WADE Quite often, little germs of ideas have come from something that I've observed or someone's ... LAURA WADE If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one ... LAURA WADE Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it become... LAURA WADE A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put... LAURA WADE I really don't know where my interest in death comes from. Maybe I've just got a twisted ima... LAURA WADE I'm not posh at all. I grew up in Sheffield but never managed to pick up the accent - which was ... LAURA WADE I think we love watching rich people behave badly. It has a sort of grisly fascination for us. LAURA WADE Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted. LAURA VANDERVOORT I still want to do a romantic comedy or a western or a gritty independent film... there's so muc... LAURA VANDERVOORT I don't know what it is about me. I don't know if there's something strange... but I con... LAURA VANDERVOORT I started doing martial arts when I was about 7, and I got my second degree black belt when I was 19... LAURA VANDERVOORT I don't necessarily want to know what people are saying when I'm not around, especially if i... LAURA VANDERVOORT I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt. LAURA VANDERVOORT I've done a lot of sci-fi, so I was a little hesitant because you get pigeonholed into that genr... LAURA VANDERVOORT I always do my own stunts, as much as possible. I'm a little stubborn about it. LAURA VANDERVOORT I've played such serious characters that no one sees me the way I actually am, which is complete... LAURA VANDERVOORT A lot of people think that reptiles don't feel, and they do. I think everyone should keep in min... LAURA VANDERVOORT Cycling was the sport of our family - we did it all the time, five days a week. LAURA TROTT I've been asked to do 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' and I do get asked to... LAURA TROTT I never really had a job, because I've been cycling from such a young age: there was never reall... LAURA TROTT Elimination race is my thing. I really enjoy that event. LAURA TROTT For all the benefits of being in the public eye, there is the odd downside, too. Twitter goes mad so... LAURA TROTT Cyclists need to help themselves and should not jump red lights. I would ride in London, but I certa... LAURA TROTT When I first started out in cycling, if there were two girls there, that was successful; but now, if... LAURA TROTT The best way for women to get into cycling is to go out in a group, to feel like you're part of ... LAURA TROTT My mum was my inspiration. As cliche as that sounds, she was the reason that we started. She chose c... LAURA TROTT I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me. LAURA TROTT I said back in 2010 when I was rubbish at the European championships, 'If I never win an omnium ... LAURA TROTT It's nice to actually look done-up, because people see a different side of me, the more girly si... LAURA TROTT I think when I first started cycling, it wasn't that popular with kids. I felt almost embarrasse... LAURA TROTT It's all well and good having a women's Tour de France - which I think we need and I think w... LAURA TROTT I am very superstitious. I trod on a wet towel before winning the Junior World Championships, and no... LAURA TROTT I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it... LAURA TROTT Cycling has never felt like a job. To get paid for something that you absolutely love is amazing. I ... LAURA TROTT I wasn't really taught about the value of money. I just learnt it as I grew up, but I do remembe... LAURA TROTT I can get really nervous before a race. People will think this is mad, but sometimes I have got to t... LAURA TROTT I get asked to comment a lot on inequality in cycling, but for me it has never been an issue. Everyt... LAURA TROTT People find it hard to fit exercise into their working-day life. Nine to five jobs take up most of y... LAURA TROTT For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outsi... LAURA TROTT You could give the best audition ever and not get the role or not get a callback because you just we... LAURA SPENCER Auditioning is an entirely different part of what we do as actors. LAURA SPENCER When you get to the point where you know the material so well and you know the character so well tha... LAURA SPENCER I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classe... 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LAURA ROBSON Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all. LAURA ROBSON If I don't play well, then it's not the end of the world, because we all learn in tennis tha... LAURA ROBSON I think there are so many phenomenal runners. I grew up watching Cathy Freeman, Kelly Holmes, and Mi... LAURA ROBSON There's a puppy store near where I live. They know me by name in there because I go so often. LAURA ROBSON LAURA RIDING LAURA RIDING LAURA RIDING LAURA RIDING LAURA RIDING LAURA RIDING LAURA RIDING LAURA RIDING LAURA RIDING LAURA RIDING I think for a long time I wasn't really out to myself growing up in Omaha, Neb., to a Catholic c... LAURA RICKETTS My hope is that we will inspire more lesbians to get politically engaged. For too long, lesbian wome... LAURA RICKETTS Being a woman and being gay is really a unique position in our society. I know in my experience of a... LAURA RICKETTS I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my ... LAURA RICKETTS When I was 5, I wore a tie, and I wanted to change my name to Larry, which probably tipped my parent... LAURA RICKETTS We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay. LAURA RICKETTS I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I... LAURA RAMSEY I personally don't even try to compare New York and L.A. To me, they are just way too different. LAURA RAMSEY The Internet is so big that no one can control anything, really. LAURA RAMSEY When you go in and guest-star on a TV show, they already have their family - everybody pretty much k... LAURA RAMSEY LAURA PREPON LAURA PREPON LAURA PREPON LAURA PREPON LAURA PREPON LAURA PREPON LAURA PREPON LAURA PREPON LAURA PREPON LAURA PREPON LAURA PREPON
To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, a... 
If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ... 
When you're insecure about your technique, you close yourself off. Your shoulders tighten. The f... 
The truth of it is that people are not going to want to go to improvisational theater if it's no... 
I do think it's probably true to a certain extent that you tend to sing music that fits your voi... 
Musical theater is great; you get painted up, you get to play princesses and witches, and you sing. ... 
When you're singing, you're using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breat... 
Anytime you're in West Virginia or near it, and you sing, 'Take Me Home, Country Roads,'... 
I grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It's what we do... 
I've said before: 'If you're going to earnestly sing a song around a campfire, you'd... 
I don't listen to a lot of new stuff. I just like the old stuff. It's all quite dramatic and... 
So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents' wives. Of course, you're talking abo... 
It used to be that if you got on 'The Tonight Show,' your career was made. Now, if you'r... 
But I think Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang really got that thing where, if a movie reads really funny and then... 
It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwh... 
If you're hired to be a funny person, you have to trust your judgment but also be open because s... 
If you're dealing with a musical in which you're trying to tell a story, it's got to sou... 
I think, you know, we entered the 'The X Factor' in the U.K., and you kind of want someone w... 
If you're doing a prison show, HBO is the absolute best place in the world to be doing that beca... 
If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks to be ... 
We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theate... 
If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways... 
If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million way... 
I don't sing operatically, and I sing very intimately, but I still do the scales, and I think in... 
You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you're moving out. But it's dema... 
If you try to be funny, you're not being funny. 
You aren't normal if you sing to people. You aren't a normal person. It's nerve-racking. 
If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you. 
If you show emotion in competition, temporarily, you'll be ineffective. If you're discipline... 
If you do this, you're going to have some heartaches from it. You're going to have people ye... 
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get... 
It's never been important to be a huge star or to have some breakout role. If you're the lea... 
To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be. 
I do think it's important, if you're going to be very creative, to be a seeker. 
I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you ... 
You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do th... 
I think everyone expects if you're in the lead, or if you're a favourite to win, you will wi... 
As a director you're always so busy - you're go, go, go, you're always moving, moving, m... 
I preferred not to be laden down with a big instrument. If you're behind a guitar, you get used ... 
Well, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You're vulnerable if you're on your own or injured. Bu... 
I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in ... 
If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possi... 
That's the way this business works: if your movies do well at the box office, you will be offere... 
You know, Lincoln was funny. I don't think F.D.R. was very funny. But Lincoln was funny. Lincoln... 
It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use a... 
What I believe in and the way I work with my clients is we're so quick to say what we don't ... 
It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If... 
What I was interested in was conveying an emotional message, which means using everything you've... 
I'm kind of a jock. I sail, I ride a bike, I hike, I pump iron. I just love to be active. 
I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal. 
The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dive... 
I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge. 
There's something about sitting face-to-face with an attorney in an office that enables people t... 
Many states favor joint custody. 
For me, I don't participate in the filming when I represent a reality show star in a case, becau... 
Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation. 
I think it was much better when you got on your horse and rode two miles to talk to your neighbor. 
Art indeed is a term referring to the social source and to the social utility of creative acts. 
You can always turn a bad kisser into a good one. 
Free love sounds great. 
I'm obsessed with 'Homeland.' It's not even okay. 