Every Quote by Gugu Mbatha-Raw

I did a musical when I was 17, an amateur show, and I loved it.

— Taron Egerton

I grew up doing musical theater. I went to a school for musical theater, so that was always what I wanted to do growing…

— Madeline Brewer

I started performing in high school. There was a pretty great drama department at my school, and that's when I started doing plays and…

— Missi Pyle

I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage.

— A. J. McLean

When you're young, it's hard to see the reality behind such a demanding career, but I loved it, and I couldn't see myself doing…

— Taylor Louderman

While I was growing up all over, in all my different schools, I was always doing theater, auditioning for plays.

— Hannah Simone

I grew up doing theater when I was very young - always enjoyed it.

— Italia Ricci

I knew I wanted to be a performer really early on, like around 8 years old. I did tons of acting and loved being…

— Kate Brown

As a kid, I was really into performing. I would do choruses, I would do musicals, whatever it was. And then, as a teenager,…

— Matisyahu

I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high school plays.…

— Carrie Brownstein

I did a lot of theatre in school and loved performing in front of people.

— Athiya Shetty

I went to a lot of theatre. My parents were very involved with the performing arts. I went to nightclub shows when I was…

— Lainie Kazan