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" Everyone has a different interpretation of characters we know and love from Shakespeare, from 'Miller'. There's specific things about them that are written that are kind of the fingerprints of the first person who played that role, and so I like to think of it as a road map. "

Phillipa Soo

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" I hope they're reminded that joy is very easy to access if you just put down your phone, look at another person, and make a human connection. You'll find a new experience that you wouldn't have had otherwise. "

" It doesn't matter where you are: theater brings people together. "

" On long car rides, we would always listen to the 'Blues Brothers' soundtrack and try to emulate everything that Aretha Franklin was doing. There was soul and grit in it that I think a kid from the suburbs really needed. "

" I eat a light but sustaining dinner before the show: a bunch of greens and some non-gluten quinoa or rice. I'll have a snack at intermission. I'm trying so hard not to have meals after the show because it's so late, but sometimes I just want a big bowl of pasta. "

" The way theater can bring people together is so powerful. "

" It's the coolest job to be on Broadway. "

" You get to crack the code of the play. You get to really pick at it and see, 'What is the story that we're telling?' 'What are the clues in the text that I can find that will help inform what story we're telling?' It's almost like a detective mystery. "

" There was a saying going around the theatre: It's a train, and you can jump on at any point whether you're a lover of musical theatre or a lover of theatre or a lover of hip-hop or a lover of history - there was a way to jump on the train. "

" I definitely have been approached and reached out to by a lot of young Asian American and Asian women, which has been really cool for me. "

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American

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" I'm half-Chinese and half-Caucasian. My grandparents came here from China. My father was born in New Jersey. "

" There is a certain vulnerability to creating art and putting it out in the world for the first time, but again, there's a kind of thrill to that as well. "

" I love the collaborative process. Getting to meet new people and really building something with them is such a wonderful way to get to know someone. "

" I went through a phase when I was watching a lot of foreign films, just itching to get out of the suburbs and explore. "

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" My mom always told me to follow my bliss. And I remember specifically with my father, when I was out of school and not knowing how I'd get a job or make money - should I take some classes? What do I do? He said as long as I was working - to enrich myself in some way - that I was on the right path. "

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" I've prioritized taking care of my mind, having fun, and doing things that make me laugh. And eating well - as in, really good food, like steak or pasta or fresh vegetables or an amazing dessert. You know, 'treat yo'self.' "

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" In terms of my own experience, my dad is first-generation, so his parents were from China, and my mom was born and raised in southern Illinois, and she was involved in the arts. My dad's a doctor. "

" I feel more like an American citizen now than I ever had, and it's artistically fulfilling. "

Phillipa Soo

American

Citizen