I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater. — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I always love to see singing on television; any form of a musical is exciting to me. — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I think it's good to have an old fashioned musical as well as new musicals. There's a lot of room for different… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I sing songs from the theater and pop songs. When I say 'pop songs,' I mean from the 90's. And I tell… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
People want to go to a musical to be razzled and dazzled, so to have an opportunity to do a musical that… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I grew up loving musicals. My mom had records of original cast recordings, and one of them was 'She Loves Me.' I… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
That was my intention, was to have it be from the perspective of my high-school-aged self, and to try and emulate the… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
If you can hear music, you can hear the musicality of the way someone speaks. It's easier to nail down the way… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
The first song I ever learned to sing and play on the piano was 'I Remember Sky' when I was 10 years… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
For me, even if I'm singing to a very large audience, like in 'The Sound of Music Live' or in the 'She… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
That's all TV acting is. Like, let me find my mark and seem like I'm still acting. Sometimes they'll put sandbags there, but then… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
I've met a lot of famous people that I just thought were so unbelievable. For me, meeting Julie Andrews was probably the highlight of… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
I think we've become a TV culture, where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think there is… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes. — Laura Benanti Copy Share
I learned to stop saying yes because I then have to back out. I've been trying to prioritize my health. — Laura Benanti Copy Share
When I was 5 years old, I was coming up the stairs, and I saw my mom standing there, singing 'A Quiet Thing' a… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
I really do love the Muppets. My sister used to call them the Muffets. She'd be like, "Can we watch the Muffets?" So anything… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
There were TVs everywhere. When we weren't on stage, we were watching what America was watching and rooting for each other and our leading… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
Usually, in musical theater, if you sing operatically or if you sing in a legit style, you're the heart of the show. You maybe… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
I think being young in a grownup world, I think it stunted me a little bit. I had to grow up too fast on… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
I find human behavior to be fascinating, which is probably why I'm an actor, and I think that there are a lot of dangerous… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
I'm 35 but because I've been acting professionally playing women since I was eighteen years old - I never played a teenager - people… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
That was my intention, was to have it be from the perspective of my high-school-aged self, and to try and emulate the music that… — Laura Benanti Copy Share
