Kelli O'Hara Quotes

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• 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…
• I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn’t want to continue opera because I wanted to act.
• I've been singing since I was nine or ten.
• By no means, I can't sing any rock and roll.
• I suppose there are a lot of reasons to be jaded or sarcastic or bitter in life, but I hang on to the reasons why…
• I think anything emotional adds to your acting and singing, no matter what it is that you go through. It will always add to it,…
• I mean, it feels like a homecoming in a really wonderfully comfortable place to be - the same director, the same musical director, my same…
• Sunday's my favorite day - that one matinee in the middle of the day!
• I grew up on a farm.
• My degree was in opera.
• To play a character is to inhabit the world and the life of that character.
• Some songs depend heavily on the character, but, for the most part, a great song begs for reinterpretation every time it is sung, even when…
• Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my own voice and…
• I was able to do concerts all the way up until two weeks before I had the baby; I thought I was stopping a month…
• Everyone has these ideas, especially about the middle of the country, about people being backwards and three-toothed.
• I love playing an ingenue, and I love doing revivals, and I will continue to do that.
• I think it can be a good idea to know what you do well and use that to open the door for yourself. Once you…
• Shakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature.
• In my special place, room service could only consist of my husband making me a breakfast of eggs, avocados, and hummus. And coffee with milk.

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