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" I didn't know I was going to go into musical theater necessarily. It was never planned. I just kind of fell into it because I knew I wanted to act, and yet I had this opera training... I knew I had a voice. "

Carmen Cusack

Training

Know

Never

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Demons

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Things

Just

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Carmen Cusack

Going

Now

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" I grew up in the church. My mother was highly religious. I was singing at the age of five for big congregations. "

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Singing

Big

" I like my cheese, I like my milk in my coffee, and nobody's gonna tell me any different. "

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Tell

Nobody

" My mother had me when she was 16, and that was an issue that had to be dealt with. She grew up in a very religious background, and there was a lot of discussion of what they should do with this unborn child. But here I am, and thank goodness. "

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She

Mother

" We all have to go through our own experiences of growing up. "

Carmen Cusack

Growing Up

Own

" We will always need to be reminded that we are human. Art gives us that. "

" We had to grow up very fast. There never was a day when there wasn't shouting about the bills. "

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Fast

Day

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