It doesn't matter where you are: theater brings people together. — Phillipa Soo Actor Copy Share Image
I feel more like an American citizen now than I ever had, and it's artistically fulfilling. — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I wake up around nine, drink a cup of coffee, answer some emails, and ease myself into the day. — Phillipa Soo Coffee 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 feel like 'Amelie' is very much an extension of me. She's a contemporary woman who sees the world through her imagination. — 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… — Phillipa Soo Actor 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 Amazing 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… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I learn something new about love every day. For example, loving yourself is just as important as loving other people. — Phillipa Soo Day Copy Share Image
I eat a light but sustaining dinner before the show: a bunch of greens and some non-gluten quinoa or rice. I'll have… — Phillipa Soo Dinner Copy Share Image
Exposing yourself to many kinds of art can only lead to amazing things. It helps you learn about your own art, your… — Phillipa Soo Amazing Copy Share Image
You can't avoid the conversation of diversity and remembering that diversity goes beyond race and culture. It goes into gender and sexual… — Phillipa Soo Communication Copy Share Image
We try to find the information, the clues, to unlock the play or the story or our characters, especially when they're based… — Phillipa Soo Character Copy Share Image
Now, when building a show, I ask myself the question - like, 'Jumping off this table will be really cool, but can… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I think as a young person, leaving high school or college, you're like, 'All right, all right, enough already.' But now there's… — Phillipa Soo Books 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 Character Copy Share Image
I like that Amelie is strange, just like me. I'm happy I've gotten to be on this journey following my 'Hamilton' journey… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
My mom always told me to follow my bliss. And I remember specifically with my father, when I was out of school… — Phillipa Soo Happiness Copy Share Image
During the winter of 2013, we were running 'Comet' up in midtown - as opposed to downtown - and across the street… — Phillipa Soo Broadway Copy Share Image
My mother took my brother and I to a production of 'The Tempest', and it was in this very small - it… — Phillipa Soo Actor 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,… — Phillipa Soo Dance Copy Share Image
Right out of school, I did this show called 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.' It is based on a… — Phillipa Soo Classical 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… — 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
When I go into a theater, I'm very excited to turn off my phone. But then, of course, I get anxiety. — Phillipa Soo Anxiety Copy Share Image
I'm trying to look into each character and try to realize her as someone who is also me. — Phillipa Soo Character Copy Share Image
'Hamilton' is, of course, closely tied to the Obamas because Lin first performed the opening number at a White House poetry jam. — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I went through a phase when I was watching a lot of foreign films, just itching to get out of the suburbs… — Phillipa Soo Cinema 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
I think in general, people are baffled by love and what it does to them and how far they'll go to have… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
I'm definitely not as good as people who consider themselves beatboxers. — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
When you're on a show schedule, everything is heightened. You're always aware of what works and what doesn't so you can be… — 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
I will say, I can definitely throw down a sick beat once in a while and provide an amazing backup track for… — Phillipa Soo Amazing Copy Share Image
In terms of my own experience, my dad is first-generation, so his parents were from China, and my mom was born and… — Phillipa Soo Art 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… — Phillipa Soo Copy Share Image
