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" 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. "

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I Am

Well

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

" 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. "

" Stevie Wonder was a big influence in my life. "

" 'Miscast' is a family affair. It highlights so many different aspects of the industry in that one night, and it's a great evening. "

" I have a lot of cultures within me - I'm basically chop suey. "

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Cultures

Lot

" It doesn't matter if you're a Victoria's Secret model or you're someone's 90-year-old grandma or you're a little kid who's getting bullied or you're that kid's bully - everybody feels like there's something going on that's more correct than what is. We all have to reach out to one another in that fear, and we'd be surprised to hear, 'Me, too.' "

Keala Settle

Fear

Reach

" I was causing trouble in high school, and in order to get me to stop and to pass, they put me into theater, and I ended up winning a Shakespeare competition. All I had to do was imitate people properly, and I ended up going to the finals when I was about 16. "

Keala Settle

School

Competition

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

" Women put ourselves through so much. Really, everybody does; it's not a gendered thing. I think all of us are always gonna be tortured by some sense of inadequacy, no matter what. I don't know if there's a way to tell people not do this to themselves. "

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

" Broadway is really, really hard. "

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

" Everyone makes mistakes, and we need to learn to forgive ourselves. "

" 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.' "

" Music was always a part of my life. "

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

Keala Settle

Younger

Look

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

" Sometimes I get frustrated with my own self because I'm such a perfectionist. "

" I was never one of those actors who believed, 'I'm so gonna be an ingenue.' I already knew that wasn't gonna happen, and I decided not to torture myself with it. "

" To be honest, being a fat girl, when people are telling you you need to eat, it's the biggest thrill of your life. "

" I used to not walk out the door; I was so afraid. Everything from, 'You shouldn't be here,' down to, 'Girl, don't wear those pants.' I was so sad. I tried my best to not even look in a mirror! "

" My goal is to stay in good health, and every day, I wake up and pray that I do. "

" My mother taught us all to bake. It literally calmed us down, and she was able to get rid of all her frustrations. "

Keala Settle

Down

Her

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

" For me, I want to say whether or not you believe in God - or a universe of any kind that's watching over any of us - you can have faith that things will go your way as much as you want to, and they won't. "

" 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. "

" No one was created to be alone. "

Keala Settle

Alone

Created

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