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" I never got to see the circus... I was always in love with being a trapeze artist, though. "

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" We weren't wearing shoes on a full-time basis until prom. "

" As a human being, you find a way to survive, moment by moment, every single day of your life. "

" As you get older, whatever your struggles may be - how you sound, how you look, how you dress - you grow into yourself a little bit more. You end up realizing the world wants you and not a carbon copy of six other people. "

" If someone puts a character in front of me - no matter what it is, whether there has been a film or not - I want to be that character, not imitate it. There's a difference - a big difference. "

" I was born and raised in Hawaii. "

" Musically, I'm a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim, and I love, love 'Sweeney Todd.' "

" I love people that go the distance. I hate things that are lukewarm. They've got to be one way or the other and go all the way. "

" It takes a damn village to get a show on Broadway! "

" On days I'm not working, I don't wear a ton of other makeup, but if I have to look like I care, I'll use this By Terry Ombre Blackstar eye shadow stick in Frozen Quartz and Eyeko mascara. "

" The parts that I get to play are not based around the European beauty standards: They're more about character, and I love that. "

" I would have loved to play Atticus in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' There's no music in it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't want to do it! "

" If anybody says they're not afraid of themselves, they're lying! "

" I used to want to look like every European person that was being held up as a standard of beauty, whether in the industry or in life. Then I just realized that it's not in my genetic make-up. I decided instead to go for the gold in whatever I'm doing and just be as healthy as I can be. "

" I loved dancing. "

" When I was younger, my mother wanted me to look like Claudia Schiffer. I was like, 'We're not even German, but all right.' "

" I wake up in the morning, and I look in a mirror, and I go, 'Is this really all I got? Is this all the universe has given me?' "

" I'm an actress who likes to work as much as possible, so I'm very grateful for all these opportunities. "

" My mother played guitar by ear, and all of us sang except my father, bless his heart. "

" There were pockets of this career - whatever you want to call it - where I said, 'I've tapped out. I don't want to do this. I'm gonna go be a stage hand. I don't want to do this. I don't want to talk to people. I'm afraid of people. I'm going to walk away from everything that this was and is.' "

" No one was created to be alone. "

" I was successfully hiding from the world on Broadway for about 25 years. "

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" I woke up one day and thought, 'Enough is enough with bullying myself.' The war is within you, and that's also where it's won. You just have to tackle your insecurities and then let them go. "

" I've always been afraid of who I am and not knowing what I can do. "

" Broadway is really, really hard. "