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“I have to maintain the weight. This is the second show [Aladdin] that I have done where I am not allowed to technically lose any weight. I'm supposed to be big. It's impressive to see someone of my size.” quote by James Monroe Iglehart — Download Open image

“I have to maintain the weight. This is the second show [Aladdin] that I have done where I am not allowed to technically lose any weight. I'm supposed to be big. It's impressive to see someone of my size.”

James Monroe Iglehart

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I remembered getting the script for the auditions [of Aladdin], I had asked someone there if improvs were allowed, and he said everyone is sticking to the script. I said to myself that they are either going to love me or hate me. I was crossing out lines and throwing in my own lines. I went into the room and…

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I do enjoy that folks [ Howard Ashman, Tim Rice and Chad Beguelin] really get into [ Aladdin ] because I enjoy getting it. I love it where you just get to go nuts. Ninety percent of what you hear, he wrote. There's ten percent that he let me play around with in the studio and actually put in the…

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I'm a big Batman fan and got to be on the series Gotham.

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I love performing. There is an ego in me that loves to be in front of people.

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I keep "leave me alone, I'm busy " pretending to work sign with me because my dad once told me to find a job…

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And also, folks live in a regular world, so when they come to our show [Aladdin], we want to take that away from them…

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When I was skinny, I didn't get work. When I came out of college, I didn't get work until the Iglehart gene kicked in.…

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I always keep some form of cartoon or comic book with me, especially Batman - he's my favorite. The reason I keep them around…

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I love to make people laugh and love to make people smile. The first time I performed and heard the applause, that was the…

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When you see big people, they expect them to wobble or something. The whole feeling of bigger people in this country is so negative.…

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