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 get to be moving and do dramatic stuff, but it's very rare to be that funny. — 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 feels serious and moving is exciting to me. Especially since people think of me as a silly, funny… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
