All I wanted to do was create theater for us, for our generation, for the people of this planet. And it's so… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
The only musicals I've really worked on in New York are new musicals, and I like the idea that my job as… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I actually grew up seeing a lot of classical theater - a lot of Shakespeare - but I have such a passion… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
As a woman, it's nice to hear people at the stage door say, 'I didn't even know! She's a woman, and that's… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I read 'Backstage' a lot when I first was unleashed into the world from drama school. And what was great about it… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
Beyond just the respect that you want to have, people just miss out on being in the moment when they have a… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
There's a very old tradition of theater actors doing their own makeup. It's like putting on your mask. There's an element of… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
There was a saying going around the theatre: It's a train, and you can jump on at any point whether you're a… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I think I've learned, really, just how to let go - if an idea doesn't work, or it's not perfect, that's O.K. — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
There was a saying going around the theatre: It's a train, and you can jump on at any point whether you're a lover of… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical background and… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
We did a student-initiated project of 'A Little Night Music', which was the first time that all of the divisions - music, dance, drama,… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I'm half-Chinese and half-Caucasian. My grandparents came here from China. My father was born in New Jersey. — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I'm trying to look into each character and try to realize her as someone who is also me. — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
There's no map for you to follow and take your journey. You are Lewis and Clark. You are the mapmaker. — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
'Hamilton' just asks us all to go a little bit deeper: whether you're a hip-hop fan seeing musical theater for the first time, or… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
It wasn't until 'Hamilton' that I began to be considered an actor of color, and I really don't know what to make of it. — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about Eliza when I first got the call about 'Hamilton.' Tommy Kail, the director, asked me if I wanted to… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I definitely have been approached and reached out to by a lot of young Asian American and Asian women, which has been really cool… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
My mother took my brother and I to a production of 'The Tempest', and it was in this very small - it could have… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
