I've always wanted my characters to have more dimension and realistic cores than the ingenue material often provides. It's been a challenge. — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I love playing an ingenue, and I love doing revivals, and I will continue to do that. — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my own voice… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards. — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
If you act brave, you can seem brave, and if you do it enough, you can talk yourself into believing you're brave. — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
If a man thinks you're beautiful or thinks you're strong or thinks you're smart, take the power and use it, but don't need it. — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
Our natural thing to do when we break away from our parents and our family is to decide in how many ways they were… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I think anything emotional adds to your acting and singing, no matter what it is that you go through. It will always add to… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think people are famous because they're themselves and they do a role and you see them do it. — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn’t want to continue opera because I wanted to act. — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
The 'Carousel' overture has always been one of my all-time favorite pieces of music. — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
My father named me Kelli because 'Kelli O'Hara' just sounded so Irish. — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
