Most people don't even get to be on TV, so I got to be on TV a bunch of times... I feel… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
I think we've become a TV culture, where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
How did we go - in a relatively short amount of time - from Audrey Hepburn to Kim Kardashian? I don't know… — 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
When I was 5 years old, I was coming up the stairs, and I saw my mom standing there, singing 'A Quiet… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's 'I Remember Sky.' It's probably the saddest song of all time; 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
Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
What's the worst, is when people clearly haven't researched you. One time an interviewer asked me if I do a lot of… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
People don't say they're pregnant until the second trimester. I intellectually understand that you don't want the whole world to know your… — 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
