--- title: "4 Broadway Quotes By Laura Benanti" description: "4 Broadway quotes by Laura Benanti. Plus more from Laura Benanti and more Broadway sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/laura-benanti-7592_beautiful_the-first-song-i-ever-learned-to-sing-an_1204887.jpg" --- > [The first song I ever learned to sing and play on the piano was 'I Remember Sky' when I was 10 years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/the-first-song-i-ever-learned-to-sing-and-play-on-the-piano-was-i/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/laura-benanti-7592_beautiful_the-first-song-i-ever-learned-to-sing-an_1204887.jpg) > [My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/my-parents-were-in-brigadoon-on-broadway-when-i-was-a-couple-of-years/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/laura-benanti-7592_broadway_my-parents-were-in-brigadoon-on-broadway_1394279.jpg) > [There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/there-s-a-lot-of-pressure-on-broadway-there-s-this-feeling-that-the/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/laura-benanti-7592_actor_there-s-a-lot-of-pressure-on-broadway-th_2784535.jpg) > [Being in front of a live audience again. I get that in my concerts but there's nothing like being on Broadway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/being-in-front-of-a-live-audience-again-i-get-that-in-my-concerts-but/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/laura-benanti-7592_actor_being-in-front-of-a-live-audience-again_3057129.jpg) ## Other authors on Broadway - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-lynn-nottage-62217.jpg) Lynn Nottage 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/lynn-nottage/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lea-michele-59174.jpg) Lea Michele 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/lea-michele/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-laura-osnes-58838.jpg) Laura Osnes 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/laura-osnes/) - [Daveed Diggs 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/daveed-diggs/) - [Ethan Slater 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/ethan-slater/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-bernstein-12882.jpg) Christopher Jackson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/christopher-jackson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-sondheim-87129.jpg) Stephen Sondheim 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/stephen-sondheim/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-schwartz-87121.jpg) Stephen Schwartz 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/stephen-schwartz/) - [Shanice Williams 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/shanice-williams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julie-andrews-54300.jpg) Julie Andrews 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/julie-andrews/) - [Jordan Fisher 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/jordan-fisher/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jennifer-damiano-48671.jpg) Jennifer Damiano 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/jennifer-damiano/) ## More by Laura Benanti > [I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/i-think-that-people-are-most-comfortable-when-they-can-put-you-in-a/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/that-s-all-tv-acting-is-like-let-me-find-my-mark-and-seem-like-i-m/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/i-ve-met-a-lot-of-famous-people-that-i-just-thought-were-so/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/i-think-we-ve-become-a-tv-culture-where-we-forget-the-live-performer/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/i-am-not-so-secretly-a-comedian-i-write-a-lot-of-my-own-material-if/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [I learned to stop saying yes because I then have to back out. I've been trying to prioritize my health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/i-learned-to-stop-saying-yes-because-i-then-have-to-back-out-i-ve/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [When I was 5 years old, I was coming up the stairs, and I saw my mom standing there, singing 'A Quiet Thing' a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/when-i-was-5-years-old-i-was-coming-up-the-stairs-and-i-saw-my-mom/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/i-really-do-love-the-muppets-my-sister-used-to-call-them-the-muffets/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/there-were-tvs-everywhere-when-we-weren-t-on-stage-we-were-watching/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/usually-in-musical-theater-if-you-sing-operatically-or-if-you-sing-in/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/i-was-always-a-little-adult-even-as-a-little-kid-i-just-couldn-t/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [I think being young in a grownup world, I think it stunted me a little bit. I had to grow up too fast on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/i-think-being-young-in-a-grownup-world-i-think-it-stunted-me-a-little/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/i-find-human-behavior-to-be-fascinating-which-is-probably-why-i-m-an/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [I'm 35 but because I've been acting professionally playing women since I was eighteen years old - I never played a teenager - people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/i-m-35-but-because-i-ve-been-acting-professionally-playing-women/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-benanti/that-was-my-intention-was-to-have-it-be-from-the-perspective-of-my/) [Laura Benanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-benanti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broadway/laura-benanti/#itemlist", "name": "4 Broadway Quotes By Laura Benanti", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The first song I ever learned to sing and play on the piano was 'I Remember Sky' when I was 10 years old. 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