I didn't love stickers and unicorns and stuff, but just if I were to ride on the back of a beast to… — Laura Benanti Beast Copy Share Image
I think that I come off as, 'Nothing bothers me, I don't care! I'm funny and sassy.' But I'm deeply sensitive. Not… — Laura Benanti Empathy Copy Share Image
I feel like people used to leave their homes and go to their local theatre, and they used to watch ballet dancers… — Laura Benanti Ballet Copy Share Image
It's always fun to play someone who is a little off. Normal is a little boring. — Laura Benanti Always Copy Share Image
I'm not a big weird eater-of-things. I mean honestly I would say like for me, like escargot or sweetbreads is the weirdest… — Laura Benanti Bigs Copy Share Image
I think it's good to have an old fashioned musical as well as new musicals. There's a lot of room for different… — Laura Benanti Different Copy Share Image
If you can hear music, you can hear the musicality of the way someone speaks. It's easier to nail down the way… — Laura Benanti Acting Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful for social media. I think it has shown people my true nature, and through that has come a book… — Laura Benanti Books Copy Share Image
Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to… — Laura Benanti Agents Copy Share Image
Everything has become so pop-rock oriented that finding a role for a soprano, and finding an audience for a soprano, is tricky.… — Laura Benanti Audience Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get… — Laura Benanti Lady Copy Share Image
My biggest influence is someone I really don't know at all: Tina Fey. Smart, funny, beautiful, self-deprecating, also a mom and a… — Laura Benanti Beautiful Copy Share Image
For me, even if I'm singing to a very large audience, like in 'The Sound of Music Live' or in the 'She… — Laura Benanti Change Copy Share Image
People don't say they're pregnant until the second trimester. I intellectually understand that you don't want the whole world to know your… — Laura Benanti Business Copy Share Image
I do think that having the villain be a woman is just as feminine, because we're not just saying, 'Women are wonderful… — Laura Benanti Amazing Copy Share Image
I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing… — Laura Benanti Actors Copy Share Image
I actually enjoy Britney Spears. Not as a singer but as a performer. I just enjoy watching her. I think, 'You are… — Laura Benanti Actually Copy Share Image
The average age of a model is fifteen years old. It's so crazy to me. And how confusing for men; they're like,… — Laura Benanti Age Copy Share Image
There's an infantilization that happens to actresses in general - musical theatre, straight theatre, television, film - we're spoken to like children.… — Laura Benanti Actors Copy Share Image
There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers… — Laura Benanti Back Copy Share Image
Think of life and the world as a wall and that we're all climbing up the wall. So just put one hand… — Laura Benanti Climbing Copy Share Image
In LA you can't tell the teenagers and the moms apart, which is so strange to me. And then it's like, "Who… — Laura Benanti Backwards Copy Share Image
