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" I think there's something beautiful about the art of making art, and it just will live and breathe. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Art
Beautiful
Just
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" I think no matter what you are going to pursue, if you pursue it like it's the most important thing, then everything else will be lost. And at the end of the day, when it's time to evaluate the path that you chose for your life, there has to be something more. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Time
Day
End
" The people I see be the most successful are the people who have an inner confidence and an inner strength that comes from the character they display away from the stage and from what their parents taught them. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Strength
Confidence
Parents
" I think part of becoming a wonderful actor and part of defining your craft is defining yourself and being confident in yourself, so when the hard knocks come, and you don't get a job for five years, and your ego is being kicked around, you can pull yourself out of it. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Think
Job
Ego
" We had a cabin in the mountains - and I remember, one year around this time, a moose came down the river, and one night he came to our cabin and hung out on the back porch for hours. They're really, really, really big animals. And dangerous, especially if they're a momma. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Time
Mountains
Night
" I'm a modern girl with old-fashioned sensibilities. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Modern
Old-Fashioned
Girl
" I started performing non-professionally at birthday parties and family gatherings doing 'Saturday Night Live' impressions at four. Then I started for real at seven. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Saturday
Night
Birthday
" I was born and raised in Denver, CO. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Born
Denver
I Was Born
" Sometimes in a big theatre, you have about, probably, six yards sometimes between you and the first person in the audience. It's almost like you've got to jump across a little pond to get there and then keep moving. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Sometimes
Moving
Jump
" Vocally, it's important to sing every day. It's a muscle, and you have to keep it in shape. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Important
Muscle
Day
" I've chosen a career that's quite tricky. You have such high highs and low lows, and it's outrageously inconsistent. But it is what I love, which is so rare, and I'm so grateful for that every day. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Love
High
Grateful
" I love to share in a scene - I'd rather share than be alone. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Share
Alone
Love
" My first big show in Denver was 'Ruthless! The Musical.' I played Tina Denmark at the Theatre on Broadway. It was my big break! "
Annaleigh Ashford
First
Ruthless
Theatre
" I kind of had a quarter-life crisis before I did 'Rent.' I had done Glinda in 'Wicked' for a while. I had worked for Cirque Du Soleil, and then I did 'Hair.' Then I had a real quiet time, not having work, and it was a time of not only self-discovery of me as a person, but also what I wanted as an artist and actor. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Quiet
Hair
Artist
" I, for one, have a great momma. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Great
Momma
" We don't often talk about the quarter-life crisis, but it is a real thing. "
Annaleigh Ashford
About
Crisis
Real
" I love finding ways to make familiar characters into someone unique. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Someone
Love
Finding
" I always have multiple ladybugs around because they're lucky, and they're good for flowers and the environment. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Environment
Flowers
Good
" I loved reading 'Anne of Green Gables' and 'Little Women' and Jane Austen. Those were times when people really did have only one true love in their life. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Women
Love
Life
" This is magic - the people of Broadway. There's nothing better! "
Annaleigh Ashford
Better
Broadway
Magic
" Performing outside, you have to wear sunscreen. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Wear
You
Outside
" Animals are completely grounded in their root chakra. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Root
Grounded
Animals
" In 'Kinky Boots,' I looked for moments to be bold, showing Lauren's gutsiness and smarts. She's a little bit kooky now, too, and I love me some kooky. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Love
Bold
She
" We actually found some home videos, some really funny footage of me when I was around 3 years old. I come up to the camera to do a Nixon impression. I don't know who taught me that, but I come up to the camera and said, 'I am not a crook.' I got a really good laugh. You see me register that bringing joy to people is a positive thing. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Positive
Good
I Am
" I took obedience, agility, and shepherding with my dog. "
Annaleigh Ashford
Obedience
Took
Dog