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" Alongside the iconic 'South Pacific,' I absolutely loved working on 'Bright Star' with Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. "
Star
Bright
Iconic
" Going to Broadway - then to be invited to the Tonys - I really tap into what that feels like now to fulfill lifetime goals. "
Going
Like
Now
" I believe there's no reason why we couldn't be entering a new age of musical theater if we continue to nurture young talent, take risks, and give them a playing field. "
Believe
I Believe
Risks
" I didn't know I was going to go into musical theater necessarily. It was never planned. I just kind of fell into it because I knew I wanted to act, and yet I had this opera training... I knew I had a voice. "
Training
Know
Never
" If you looked at my music collection and saw an album that was a soundtrack to a musical, it's probably because I had bought it to learn the music so I could go and audition. "
Learn
Music
Audition
" I got married way too young. "
Young
Married
Got
" I grew up in the church. My mother was highly religious. I was singing at the age of five for big congregations. "
Singing
Up
Big
" I like my cheese, I like my milk in my coffee, and nobody's gonna tell me any different. "
Me
Tell
Nobody
" I love 'South Pacific.' It's got beautiful music. But there have been so many, you know, renditions of this in high school or college productions. "
Love
School
Music
" I'm just going to do things that I like to do, sing songs that I like to sing. "
Things
Like
Just
" I'm not a fan of musicals. Never have been. "
Fan
Been
Never
" It's hard for some parents to give their children compliments. "
Hard
Compliments
Children
" It's nice to be able to go do what I love and come home - and get in my own bed. "
Home
Love
My Own
" I've had one fall that I kind of hurt my toe pretty badly because I slammed into one of the set pieces. But, you know, you just get up and keep going. The adrenaline's pumping, and you just carry on! "
Keep Going
Fall
Kind
" I wasn't ready for 'Bright Star' to end when it did. "
Star
Ready
Bright
" Just stay present in the moment, and what will come will come. "
Come
Present
Will
" My mother had me when she was 16, and that was an issue that had to be dealt with. She grew up in a very religious background, and there was a lot of discussion of what they should do with this unborn child. But here I am, and thank goodness. "
Me
She
Mother
" My mother had people lay hands on me to cast demons out of me when I was 8. Then two or three times when I was in college. "
Mother
Me
Demons
" Originating something is what every actor waits for. Usually, those opportunities are offered to people who already have a name. "
Name
Opportunities
Actor
" Taking the arts out of schools is a terrible mistake. "
Taking
Out
Mistake
" The first music that came to my ear was gospel... I used to sing 'Amazing Grace' with a very strong southern accent and a vibrato already at five years old. "
Music
Old
Strong
" To be honest with you, most of the time the ingenue roles are a little bit dull and boring, in my opinion. "
Boring
You
Opinion
" We all have to go through our own experiences of growing up. "
Go
Growing Up
Own
" We had to grow up very fast. There never was a day when there wasn't shouting about the bills. "
Up
Fast
Day
" We will always need to be reminded that we are human. Art gives us that. "
Will
Need
Art
" You have to laugh through hard things, right? How else do you cope? "
Hard
You
Right
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