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" As I became an adult, I listened to a lot of jazz, to the ladies of jazz, Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae and Nina Simone. I loved that they each covered the same songs and interpreted them totally differently. I thought that was so cool. They could each paint their own picture of that moment. "

" At 'Wicked,' they are really great about letting you make your own choices with the roles. "

" Being called ugly every day is not easy on the psyche. "

" 'Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can. "

" 'Dogfight' is my favorite thing I've ever worked on. It's such a special piece, and I'm so close to the character of Rose. I loved doing it every night. "

" 'Dogfight' was everything wonderful and terrifying about a show, and I feel it 1,000% gave me the knowledge and the confidence that I could do this. I can step up and be present enough to command scenes with amazing actors. "

" Even though acting is my job, I do this because I love it, and when the love is gone, I'm not going to do it anymore. "

" Gay men are still men. "

" Getting an agent is hard, and I also think people rush to get an agent too soon. "

" I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school. "

" I did 'The Sound of Music.' That was my first musical. "

" I don't look like a chorus girl. "

" I do think television has really fantasized it to the point where now everyone wants a gay best friend. "

" I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired. "

" I have a big persona onstage sometimes, but offstage, I'm super shy. Like, I don't want to perform for people - I'd rather die than sing in a room for someone. "

" I have a group of fans who pitched in and named a star after me... So. Cool. "

" I have a major love for musical theatre, including a lot of stuff I don't get to do very often. "

" I knew if I were ever to leave 'Godspell,' which I loved so much, it would have to be for something really spectacular. "

" I learned by watching Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand. "

" I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald. "

" I loved 'The Wizard of Oz,' and I'm a huge Judy Garland fan, too. "

" I loved working on 'Dogfight,' but when I first read it and wrapped my head around the story, I was a little horrified. "

" I love my body. I love representing people who aren't stick figures, because people aren't. "

" I'm a big Broadway fan and a big MGM fan. "

" I'm a Mexican girl from California, and I never grew up thinking I could be in a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. I didn't really see myself in that. Not that I didn't grow up loving Rodgers and Hammerstein, but I don't know - I just never put myself there. "

" I'm good friends with Matt Morrison. "

" I remember getting notified that I won an award, and I gloated up a storm to my mother, and I was so obnoxious about it, but I said to her, 'Momma, I'm going to enjoy every moment of this because tomorrow, something bad is going to happen.' "

" I started taking voice when I was six and dance classes every day - I just couldn't get enough. "

" I teach a lot of young musical theatre actors, and I notice that a lot of them say that they have a harder time connecting the classic repertoire. "

" I think, going into a room for an audition, the best thing you can do is represent who you are specifically as an individual and what you can bring to a creative process in a room - as opposed to being worried about 'where you fit' - because that's really their job to decide where you fit. Your job is to just present the best 'you' you can. "

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