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

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

" 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. "

" It's nice to be with a male energy as opposed to a female energy. It's very different. "

" I want to scare myself when I choose what I want to work on. "

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

" The first time I didn't get called back at an audition, I cried. My mom told me, 'We're doing this for fun, and if it's not fun anymore, we're not going to do it. So if you ever cry again, we're going to stop.' I never cried from then on, and I kept that lesson for the rest of my life. "

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

" When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank you.' Then you read lines where people call you fat, and you call yourself fat or ugly, and it can wear on you. But that's also our dream as actors, to play someone else and give someone else a voice. "

" People learn from their mistakes and move forward. "

" I've never been a bridesmaid. "

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

" 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. "

" There was so much emotional response to 'Dogfight.' You just heard the audience: They were so horrified. They were sobbing. They were joyful at times. "

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

" My parents were big movie-musical fans. And I thought 'Grease' was different from the usual MGM musical. I was intrigued and fell in love with it. "

" I'm good friends with Matt Morrison. "

" Gay men are still men. "

" I was born in Southern California in a city called Norwalk. I grew up there until I moved up to New York when I was 18. "

" I've worked with incredible people that have set amazing examples for me. "

" I think I'm the person who keeps friends from hitting 'send.' I've definitely helped people go through emails before sending them. I'm a good proofreader. "

" It's been a huge honor to collaborate and create new theatre with new writers and to create theatre that will last after my lifetime. It's been in the most truthful way possible. It's my favorite thing to do. "

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

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

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

" I've always been afraid to do a solo show. When I go to see the great solo shows of Liz Callaway or Christine Ebersole, they have so many incredible stories to talk about, and their material and lives are so rich. I've always worried that my life was not rich enough. "

" I've always had a big voice, but I'm very aware of when you need to belt or go all out like that - when it's necessary and plot driven - as opposed to just screaming to scream, which I hate. "

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

" '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. "

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

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