We didn't have a lot of live theater in Oklahoma. I didn't visit New York when I was growing up. I watched movie musicals, and I believed in an idealistic, idyllic version of Broadway. — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where my dad grew up, actually. — 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
