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" I always thought Broadway's the goal, and then I moved out to L.A. with 'Wicked' and started doing guest-star spots and little recurring things, and I was like, 'Well, this is pretty great; I'm kind of digging this.' "

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" As an actress, I learned a long time ago that there is a lot of this business that is just out of my hands. All I can really focus on is going to work every day and doing my best. "

Megan Hilty

Best

Business

Day

" The show tune I can never get out of my head is 'Oh, What A Beautiful Morning' from 'Oklahoma!' I don't know why. "

" I wanted to be Whitney Houston at first, and when I started taking voice lessons, my voice teacher kind of geared me more towards opera. "

Megan Hilty

Teacher

" I always joke that everything else that I do is to support my theater habit. "

" Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing. "

Megan Hilty

Least

Playing

" My feet are my foundation, and they should always feel good! "

" Don't get me wrong - I like to rest a little bit. But I don't do well with downtime. "

" To be a series regular for two seasons taught me so much about what it takes to be on a TV schedule and work those kind of hours and just work in front of a camera in general. "

" I am constantly on the move, and if I experience foot discomfort, it makes my job really hard to do. "

" I get nervous about everything. I think there's something wrong if you don't get nervous. "

" Every time I see a live performance of something, I'm like, 'I want to be doing that!' "

" I've been very lucky to work with a lot of amazingly supportive directors. "

" Everybody's entitled to their opinions, but I don't understand why we have to saturate social media with all the negative stuff. "

" It's so funny because people always think of me as being a little bit country or assume that I am from the South - I don't know why! "

Megan Hilty

Think

People

" I'm a huge holiday person. I love having parties and giving gifts. "

" I have two Jack Russell terriers, Harley and Gracie, who I like to go running with in the park. "

Megan Hilty

Harley

Two

" You always hear about how women working together will catfight. "

" I want to do everything, and I don't think that's too ambitious. "

" I have to say, speaking from experience, just because an actor starts out in a role in the workshop, they won't necessarily play it when it goes to Broadway. "

" I've never been so star struck in my life as when I met President Obama and Bill Clinton... and at the same time, no less! I'm not one to be at a loss for words, and that was a moment when I really was speechless. It was a big, big night. "

" Theater was a big part of my life from the beginning. "

" Yes, yes, theater in general is just going to always be my first love, performing for a live audience. "

" It's every singer's dream to get to Carnegie Hall. "

" I look at the people's careers who I want to emulate, like Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters... They've all found the key to longevity in this business, and that is diversifying, doing as many things as possible to keep yourself relevant, and so hopefully I'm on the same track as all those amazing women. "

" The thing about making a musical is that you can and will be replaceable really quickly. "

" People think that theater actors are too big for the camera. It's like, 'No, we're actors and we adjust for our audience.' "

" I could sit around and cry about losing jobs because I'm not a TV star, or I could go and take something into my own hands and try to make it in this world, too. "

" I'd love to do 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' again - especially on Broadway. "

" I totally let myself indulge, but I make little deals with myself. If I have an extra cupcake, I'll run a couple of extra miles. I think it's all about balance and not getting into extremes with dieting and exercising. Having a healthy attitude is important, too! "

" Being in a recording studio is a very different feel from performing onstage. I mean, obviously, you can't just go in and do what you would do onstage. It reads differently. "