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" I'm a theatre doll, and I've always - since I'm out of school - have always been on stage. "
LaChanze
Always
Stage
Theatre
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" The majority of the roles I've played are women who have been either impoverished or subjugated in some way. So while I've been fortunate enough to have success because these roles exist, they are stereotypical roles. "
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Success
Enough
" 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 best thing about theatre is that every time we get onstage, the show is new. "
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Get
Best
Time
" I'm not a Method actress. I work in the present, the day-to-day. "
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Present
Method
Actress
" As an actress who has performed in theater for over 17 years, my experience performing in 'The Color Purple' has been a truly life-changing journey. "
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Purple
Over
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" In my house, we couldn't listen to 'Love to Love You Baby.' It was way too salacious back in the day. I remember my mom would turn the station off when that song came on the radio. But, of course, I played my album to death in my bedroom, with the door closed. "
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Day
Love
Mom
" I have a very strong connection with God, very strong sense of my faith. "
LaChanze
Faith
Sense
God
" Who doesn't love Donna Summer's music? It was part of my childhood, always heard around the house. "
LaChanze
House
Love
Music
" I'm an actress: I'm used to being independent, doing for myself. "
LaChanze
Myself
Being
Doing
" 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 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
" In my own one-woman show, 'Feeling Good,' I talk about my childhood and write a letter to my younger self in the show. The most important thing I would tell her is to trust my instincts. Just trust them. They're little whispers from God, I think. You've heard it a million times, but it's true: Listen to that inner voice. "
LaChanze
Good
Trust
Think
" When I make people laugh and I get to laugh, it does my spirit good. "
LaChanze
Get
Make
Laugh
" I want to share the things I've done, the things I've survived, the things I've struggled through. "
LaChanze
Through
Share
Things
" 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
" 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 believe that everything is divinely inspired. Bad things happen - they do - but I also think that when these bad things happen, there's an equal and opposite force that is happening, and there is good. "
LaChanze
Good
Things Happen
Believe
" Without faith, life is futile. "
LaChanze
Futile
Without
Life
" 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'm from a part of Florida that is very close to Georgia in the panhandle area. I have a very colorful Southern family. "
LaChanze
Part
Georgia
Florida
" You know when you see a play and there is a character whom you know so well that you hate them and love them at the same time? That is Michael Potts' portrayal of Turnbo in August Wilson's 'Jitney.' "
LaChanze
Know
Character
Love
" 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 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
" 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
" '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
" I always had a strong faith, and I always relied on God for a lot. "
LaChanze
Strong
Always
Faith
" 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
" Theater is structured. You're plugged into a system. It's relentless. You're expected to do certain things every day. You have your tasks. "
LaChanze
Day
Every Day
System
" I have a very interesting story to tell, and people always want to hear about it. They know I'm a 9/11 widow, and I always get comments on that and being an actor and raising my daughters by myself. "
LaChanze
Interesting
Story
People
" I believe in divine intervention. "
LaChanze
I Believe
Believe
I Believe In