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" I took dance from a very early age, although my first recital, I remember refusing to go onstage. I think I was three. It's funny because that stage was also my high school theater stage. "

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" All I wanted to do was create theater for us, for our generation, for the people of this planet. And it's so rare that the art that you are making is reaching a huge mass of people. "

Phillipa Soo

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Art

" We try to find the information, the clues, to unlock the play or the story or our characters, especially when they're based on real people that live and breathe. "

" There's no map for you to follow and take your journey. You are Lewis and Clark. You are the mapmaker. "

Phillipa Soo

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" 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. "

" When I go into a theater, I'm very excited to turn off my phone. But then, of course, I get anxiety. "

" Doing a show eight times a week is kind of like doing yoga or tai chi. A vinyasa is the same every single time you do it, but depending on how you're feeling, it tells you a lot about what's happening in your life. "

" During the winter of 2013, we were running 'Comet' up in midtown - as opposed to downtown - and across the street in the Standard, and that was, like, our third time going at it, from Ars Nova to downtown to near Broadway. We weren't on Broadway. We were near Broadway, as we said. "

Phillipa Soo

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

" We did a student-initiated project of 'A Little Night Music', which was the first time that all of the divisions - music, dance, drama, opera - came together and put on a piece. It was a black box kind of feel. We had to get costumes that were pieced together. We had our own lighting that we finagled. "

" That's kind of just the nature of our business, is that you're really putting a lot of energy and time and care into something that isn't necessarily going to last forever. "

" I think I've learned, really, just how to let go - if an idea doesn't work, or it's not perfect, that's O.K. "

Phillipa Soo

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" You are carving out a story. You and your colleagues are trying to make something that is bigger than yourself. Although it can be a scary experience because you're putting your work out on the line, it's also incredibly rewarding because a lot of it comes from you. "

" I actually grew up seeing a lot of classical theater - a lot of Shakespeare - but I have such a passion for music and find that way of telling a story to be really compelling as well. "

" My mother took my brother and I to a production of 'The Tempest', and it was in this very small - it could have been the basement of a church or a black box. The space was vast, but there were maybe 15 seats in the middle. Ariel came out wearing a nude sparkly thong and spike heels, and the muses had these gossamer see-through gowns on. "

" I've been very lucky. I made a choice, getting out of school, to follow the work and the people that really struck my heartstrings; 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812' was one of those - maybe it was an accident. "

" 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 would put on shows for my family. "

" I read 'Backstage' a lot when I first was unleashed into the world from drama school. And what was great about it was that if I was using it or not, it was just nice to know what was happening in my community. "

" 'Hamilton' is, of course, closely tied to the Obamas because Lin first performed the opening number at a White House poetry jam. "

" It wasn't until 'Hamilton' that I began to be considered an actor of color, and I really don't know what to make of it. "

" I find it's nice when I can be a listener and absorb things coming at me. It's important, especially for me, when so much of my job is about putting things out into the world. So those quiet moments are rejuvenating. "

" I will say, I can definitely throw down a sick beat once in a while and provide an amazing backup track for somebody who can really, actually freestyle. "

" Right out of school, I did this show called 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.' It is based on a classical text with new music - not necessarily confined by a certain genre. It was a diverse, interesting group of musicians, actors, nonactors, and singers all creating this thing that is bigger than all of us. "

" 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. "

Phillipa Soo

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Cool

" There's a very old tradition of theater actors doing their own makeup. It's like putting on your mask. There's an element of storytelling involved in it - you put on your character when you put on your makeup. At least, that's how I like to look at it. "

" My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical background and upbringing was very much a mix. "

Phillipa Soo

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" There's the cool factor, right? You see your face on a sign or your name on something, like, 'Ahh! Here I am!' And then there's a huge responsibility and the scary part of it, which is like, 'Now what happens?' And then you realize, 'Oh, yeah, this is my job.' "

" I like that Amelie is strange, just like me. I'm happy I've gotten to be on this journey following my 'Hamilton' journey because they're so different. "

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