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" I'm a Patti LuPone fan. She's incredible! I love Patti LuPone. I know people talk about her being difficult to work with sometimes. Whatever. "
LaChanze
Know
Love
Work
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" I try to take time to find joy out of life, and I don't take a day for granted like I used to. "
LaChanze
Life
Try
Time
" I really studied her singing, trying to see what it was about her that made her such a natural, incredible singer. Because sometimes as a singer, you really have to work to reach a certain note. And for Donna Summer, it seemed effortless. "
LaChanze
Summer
Trying
Work
" I always had a strong faith, and I always relied on God for a lot. "
LaChanze
Strong
Always
Faith
" When I make people laugh and I get to laugh, it does my spirit good. "
LaChanze
Get
Make
Laugh
" As singers, we're always taught to sing forward and place everything in the front of our resonating chambers. Donna Summer always sang in that space and had it naturally. Her muscle memory, the way she was built - she was a natural singer. "
LaChanze
Forward
Place
Space
" I am working on music and telling my personal story and sharing my talent on stage. "
LaChanze
I Am
Talent
Story
" I want to share the things I've done, the things I've survived, the things I've struggled through. "
LaChanze
Through
Share
Things
" I basically came from nothing and turned my life into something. "
LaChanze
Came
Life
My Life
" I can't stand adversity and stress and drama and tension. I can't function in that environment. If I have anything to say about it, we're going to get rid of it so that everyone can just relax and have a good time. "
LaChanze
Relax
Adversity
Good
" I have loved fiercely in my life - a few times. "
LaChanze
Loved
Few
Fiercely
" Who doesn't love Donna Summer's music? It was part of my childhood, always heard around the house. "
LaChanze
House
Love
Music
" We all have to believe in something in order to exist successfully in this world and to enjoy our time here, which is short. I know that. "
LaChanze
Believe
Enjoy
Know
" It's still hard for me to think about Sept. 11 sometimes. I'm still angry. It's hard to watch my daughters, Celia and Zaya, grow up and know they'll never see their father. They'll always be 9/11 girls, and I wish I could shield them from that. Everyone has an immediate pity for them. It is a sad thing, but the girls are also so happy. "
LaChanze
Father
Me
Happy
" I'm not a Method actress. I work in the present, the day-to-day. "
LaChanze
Present
Method
Actress
" I think a lot of audience members don't realize the part that they play in live theatre. The audience actually has a mood. Sometimes they're tired and bored, and we have to wake them up and engage them. "
LaChanze
Live
Theatre
Play
" Dianne Reeves, a famous jazz singer, would be my biggest influence. "
LaChanze
Jazz
Famous
Singer
" Time just goes on, and... it doesn't stop for anything. "
LaChanze
Time
Stop
Goes
" Coming up through the theater in America, while I have had success, I have had success in certain types of roles. "
LaChanze
Through
America
Coming
" I have a very strong connection with God, very strong sense of my faith. "
LaChanze
Faith
Sense
God
" The theater community will always remain a big part of my life, and I hope to re-join the cast of 'The Color Purple' at some point down the road. "
LaChanze
Hope
Life
My Life
" One of the greatest things about the theatre is how it can completely change the way you see the world around you. 'Dear Evan Hansen' did this for me. "
LaChanze
Me
World
You
" I'm an actress: I'm used to being independent, doing for myself. "
LaChanze
Myself
Being
Doing
" I went to see 'Kinky Boots' to see my friend Billy Porter in his groundbreaking performance. But while backstage, I was hoping for a chance to meet this young, dynamic performer Annaleigh Ashford. Her comic timing was brilliant. And she is obviously a triple threat. "
LaChanze
Meet
Friend
Chance
" I'm a theatre doll, and I've always - since I'm out of school - have always been on stage. "
LaChanze
Always
Stage
Theatre
" I was born in St. Augustine, Florida. I lived there till I was about 13, and then my family moved to Connecticut. I finished school there, and then I went to college in Philadelphia and came to New York in '87. I wasn't finished with school - I left school to go on the road. "
LaChanze
School
Road
New York
" 'The Little Mermaid' is my favorite of the Disney animated features. And, I could not wait to see it on Broadway. "
LaChanze
See
Wait
Broadway
" The best thing about theatre is that every time we get onstage, the show is new. "
LaChanze
Get
Best
Time
" What I always liked best about myself was my resilience, especially in this business with all the 'no's,' the doors closed in my face. "
LaChanze
Face
Best
Resilience
" I believe in divine intervention. "
LaChanze
I Believe
Believe
I Believe In
" As an actor, you go in your own personal life and pull from your personal life, so that's what I do. "
LaChanze
Life
Own
Personal