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" Some songs depend heavily on the character, but, for the most part, a great song begs for reinterpretation every time it is sung, even when in character. "
Kelli O'Hara
Character
Depend
Great
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" I don't read reviews, because if you believe the good ones, you have to believe the bad. "
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" To play a character is to inhabit the world and the life of that character. "
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" It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction. "
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" With a revival, you're compared to somebody else. "
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" I don't mind talking about my family and how to balance it all. But, in today's world, we should probably be asking both women and men about work and family and how to balance the two. "
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" I suppose there are a lot of reasons to be jaded or sarcastic or bitter in life, but I hang on to the reasons why life is beautiful. "
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" Everyone has these ideas, especially about the middle of the country, about people being backwards and three-toothed. "
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" I think it can be a good idea to know what you do well and use that to open the door for yourself. Once you open the door, close it behind you, and start to make changes. "
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" Shakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature. "
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" When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions become necessary, when they aren't camp, that, to me, is magic. I've done musical comedies and enjoyed them, but subject matter that's deeper and more realistic is always what's appealed to me most. "
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" My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America a generation before when times were very bad in Ireland. He worked in the Pennsylvania area and did well with horses and farming. "
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Generation
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" I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it! "
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Always
Things
" I love playing an ingenue, and I love doing revivals, and I will continue to do that. "
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Doing
Continue
Playing
" It's really important that I have a personal life. "
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Important
Life
" My father named me Kelli because 'Kelli O'Hara' just sounded so Irish. "
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Irish
Named
Me
" I was able to do concerts all the way up until two weeks before I had the baby; I thought I was stopping a month ahead, but he was three weeks early. "
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Way
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" I'm proud to be Irish. "
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Proud
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" The hardest role that I've ever tried to play was Clara Johnson in 'Light in the Piazza' at Lincoln Center. It was the least fun I've ever had, but the most beautiful experience I've ever had. I could not understand her. I could not put my feet in her shoes. I came home every night, and I was depressed. "
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Shoes
Night
" I've always wanted to do a Shakespeare play. "
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Wanted
Shakespeare
" I've had great opportunities to show different sides of myself, but the challenge will always be getting either people to let you do it or finding the right things to do in order to do it. "
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Great
Challenge
" Corned beef and cabbage - that's our favorite holiday meal when all the O' Haras gather around the table. "
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" I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where my dad grew up, actually. "
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Born
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" I'm a mother, and when you have children, there's a protection. You'll do a lot to protect them, to do what's best for them. "
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" My degree was in opera. "
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" Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my own voice and grow. "
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" When I was a kid, I would sing in people's living rooms and for different little family things. "
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" I never really try to watch the movie of the things I've been in. "
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" I don't ever sing classically when I am singing a contemporary score - I kind of try to fit in whatever needs to happen. "
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Try
Singing
" It's always hard - it's a little counterintuitive to leave your baby at any point during the infancy. "
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Baby
Point