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All Quotes by author - Keala Settle

" As a human being, you find a way to survive, moment by moment, every single day of your life. "

" As you get older, whatever your struggles may be - how you sound, how you look, how you dress - you grow into yourself a little bit more. You end up realizing the world wants you and not a carbon copy of six other people. "

" Broadway is really, really hard. "

" Everyone makes mistakes, and we need to learn to forgive ourselves. "

" For me, I want to say whether or not you believe in God - or a universe of any kind that's watching over any of us - you can have faith that things will go your way as much as you want to, and they won't. "

" If anybody says they're not afraid of themselves, they're lying! "

" If someone puts a character in front of me - no matter what it is, whether there has been a film or not - I want to be that character, not imitate it. There's a difference - a big difference. "

" I have a lot of cultures within me - I'm basically chop suey. "

" I loved dancing. "

" I love people that go the distance. I hate things that are lukewarm. They've got to be one way or the other and go all the way. "

" I'm an actress who likes to work as much as possible, so I'm very grateful for all these opportunities. "

" I never got to see the circus... I was always in love with being a trapeze artist, though. "

" It doesn't matter if you're a Victoria's Secret model or you're someone's 90-year-old grandma or you're a little kid who's getting bullied or you're that kid's bully - everybody feels like there's something going on that's more correct than what is. We all have to reach out to one another in that fear, and we'd be surprised to hear, 'Me, too.' "

" It takes a damn village to get a show on Broadway! "

" I used to be a pop singer; well, not used to be. I am an R&B singer. My emphasis was on Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin. "

" I used to not walk out the door; I was so afraid. Everything from, 'You shouldn't be here,' down to, 'Girl, don't wear those pants.' I was so sad. I tried my best to not even look in a mirror! "

" I used to want to look like every European person that was being held up as a standard of beauty, whether in the industry or in life. Then I just realized that it's not in my genetic make-up. I decided instead to go for the gold in whatever I'm doing and just be as healthy as I can be. "

" I've always been afraid of who I am and not knowing what I can do. "

" I've always been the biggest bully to myself. "

" I wake up in the morning, and I look in a mirror, and I go, 'Is this really all I got? Is this all the universe has given me?' "

" I was born and raised in Hawaii. "

" I was causing trouble in high school, and in order to get me to stop and to pass, they put me into theater, and I ended up winning a Shakespeare competition. All I had to do was imitate people properly, and I ended up going to the finals when I was about 16. "

" I was never one of those actors who believed, 'I'm so gonna be an ingenue.' I already knew that wasn't gonna happen, and I decided not to torture myself with it. "

" I was successfully hiding from the world on Broadway for about 25 years. "

" I woke up one day and thought, 'Enough is enough with bullying myself.' The war is within you, and that's also where it's won. You just have to tackle your insecurities and then let them go. "

" I would have loved to play Atticus in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' There's no music in it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't want to do it! "

" 'Miscast' is a family affair. It highlights so many different aspects of the industry in that one night, and it's a great evening. "

" Musically, I'm a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim, and I love, love 'Sweeney Todd.' "

" Music was always a part of my life. "

" My goal is to stay in good health, and every day, I wake up and pray that I do. "

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