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" Time just goes on, and... it doesn't stop for anything. "
LaChanze
Time
Stop
Goes
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" I'm an actress: I'm used to being independent, doing for myself. "
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" Who doesn't love Donna Summer's music? It was part of my childhood, always heard around the house. "
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" I totally believe in opportunities. I don't believe in accidents. I just don't. "
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" Dianne Reeves, a famous jazz singer, would be my biggest influence. "
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" I believe in divine intervention. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" I have loved fiercely in my life - a few times. "
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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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" I'm from a part of Florida that is very close to Georgia in the panhandle area. I have a very colorful Southern family. "
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" I'm not a Method actress. I work in the present, the day-to-day. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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Trying
Work
" 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. "
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Place
Space
" 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. "
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Father
Me
Happy
" The best thing about theatre is that every time we get onstage, the show is new. "
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" I am an African-American woman of dark skin tone, and there are very specific roles that are usually given to African-American women of a darker hue. Let's start with 'Once on This Island': peasant girl. Let's go to 'The Color Purple': young girl, beaten. Let's go to 'Ragtime': Her baby's taken. "
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Color
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" I always had a strong faith, and I always relied on God for a lot. "
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Strong
Always
Faith
" 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. "
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Love
Work
" I basically came from nothing and turned my life into something. "
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Life
My Life
" I'm a theatre doll, and I've always - since I'm out of school - have always been on stage. "
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Stage
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" Without faith, life is futile. "
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Futile
Without
Life
" 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. "
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" That's capital L, small a - no space! - capital C, small h, a, n, z, e. "
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Capital
" 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. "
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School
Road
New York
" 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. "
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Face
Best
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" 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. "
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" As an actor, you go in your own personal life and pull from your personal life, so that's what I do. "
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" You rarely see a musical being told about the life of a black woman. "
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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