Laura Benanti Quotes

My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather, who raised me along with my mother, is a psychotherapist. I was always supported in creative ventures.

Laura Benanti

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I'd been acting in Chicago since I came back after University, and I got a call from my agent saying, 'They're doing this revival of 'On a Clear Day,' and I actually auditioned when the team came through Chicago for the 'American Idiot' tour.

Jessie Mueller

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I read 'The Original Beauty Bible' when I was 16, and it changed my life.

Andreja Pejic

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People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.

Matt Groening

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Directing on a 90-day schedule, whether for a TV series or a feature film, it's crazy; it's a marathon.

Jean-Marc Vallee

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I was a Chicago theater actress until my early 30s, so I got to do a lot of meaty stuff in theater.

Amy Landecker

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As a songwriter, metaphor is instinctual.

Rodney Crowell

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Love will find its way through all languages on its own.

Rumi

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For celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. You can be photographed at any moment.

Roxane Gay

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Growing up, I started to realize I was surrounded by people who were passionately alive. Seventh Street felt raw, but I found it incredibly theatrical.

Josh Pais

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It is hard to have great confidence in predicting what market reactions to Fed decisions will be.

Janet Yellen

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Despite what anti-aging ads say, growing older can be better. I feel better in my skin, 100 percent. You have greater effects of gravity, but the better sense of yourself you have is something I wouldn't trade. Women who lie about their age - 'why?'

Demi Moore

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Basically he never went to work and didn't have a job. Of course I thought he did. I thought he was on the phone doing business deals instead of borrowing money from people.

Christie Brinkley

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