I still get stage fright every single night. Every night, I think, 'What if it's not there tonight?' Once I'm out there,… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
There were a couple times early on in 'Oh, Mary!' when one of the hoops broke in the hoop skirt. The dress… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be friends with my older female teachers. I would stay in during recess and try to talk to… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I was seventeen when I finally came out. The first time I actually said it was on my best friend's answering machine.… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
There was never this moment, like, after the 2016 election or something, where I sat down and thought to myself, what does… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I saw 'Hello Dolly!' like five times and I put the playbills in my freezer at some point. And I don't know… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
They say so much about who a person is, who a character is. And usually in the past in sketch stuff, I… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I've had so many, 'Cole, this moment is going to change your life' moments that led to nothing. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
By the time I was obsessed with the Spice Girls, I wasn't allowed to play with Barbies anymore but my workaround was… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I would love to write something that I'm not in and just be in a rehearsal room as a writer. But I love theater. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I grew up in Oregon. I have a younger brother and an older sister. We were very poor. VERY POOR. We lived in a… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I grew up in a trailer until I was 5 or 6, and then my dad chased us out with a gun. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I do have that secret desire to be a cabaret star and just sing Cole Porter medleys. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I just wanted to make the stupidest, funniest thing possible. My version of Mary Todd Lincoln is basically just me. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
The first Broadway show that I ever saw was 'Kiss Me, Kate.' I was in New York, on a school trip. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
There's something so embarrassing about doing characters and talking about it. It's humiliating. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I went to school at Marymount Manhattan College for a year, and then I dropped out. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I don't understand relationships. I feel like I'm pretending when I'm in one. Like, 'Oh yeah, I love eating with my left hand. This… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
