I auditioned for Julliard because I wanted to live in New York, and I wanted to be on Broadway at the time.… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I think in the end there is one ultimate goal with all my careers, and that is, as a performing artist, you… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I'm addicted to those moments when you're on stage and the audience is so quiet you could hear a pin drop and… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
The arts are so important not only to society but to ourselves as human beings. It keeps in touch with our own… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
You feel the communion of the collective consciousness in that moment when you're on stage doing something and the audience is absolutely… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I've been so lucky, with incredible mentors along the way, that now I need to be that for someone else. — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
It's easy to spend - especially in this day and age - to spend your time not being in the present. It's… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I never in a million years thought that my life would unfold the way it has. — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
Some sort of creativity is within everybody; I think that's just a part of the human spirit. I think there's no human… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
Anytime I get the chance to sing or work with Michael John, it is such an incredibly fertile and incredibly creative and safe and… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
One thing that is constantly on my iPod is India Arie - I like her a lot; I listen to her a lot. I… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I was a little girl with a pot belly and Afro puffs, hyperactive and overdramatic, and I found the theater and I found my… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I find that I'm just drawn to anything that's going to challenge me as an actress. So, anything that's going to help me grow. — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I choose things that challenge me. I was afraid of the camera - that's why I chose to do 'Private Practice.' It's not like… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
When you become a parent, it blows you open in ways that you never thought possible in terms of a level of love that… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
Without theater, I don't think I would have thought I was a smart person or excelled at anything. — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for me! There is something in… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I've spent my whole career trying to stay out of any box that anyone could put me in. 'I'm going to do a play… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I auditioned for Julliard because I wanted to live in New York, and I wanted to be on Broadway at the time. Julliard seemed… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
