I want to scare myself when I choose what I want to work on.
Being called ugly every day is not easy on the psyche.
I'm a big Broadway fan and a big MGM fan.
I think it's important to play real people.
Gay men are still men.
I started taking voice when I was six and dance classes every day - I just couldn't get enough.
I loved working on 'Dogfight,' but when I first read it and wrapped my head around the story, I was a little horrified.
My parents were big movie-musical fans. And I thought 'Grease' was different from the usual MGM musical. I was intrigued and fell in love with it.
I think I'm the person who keeps friends from hitting 'send.' I've definitely helped people go through emails before sending them. I'm a good proofreader.
Even though acting is my job, I do this because I love it, and when the love is gone, I'm not going to do it anymore.
'Dogfight' is my favorite thing I've ever worked on. It's such a special piece, and I'm so close to the character of Rose. I loved doing it every night.
The first time I didn't get called back at an audition, I cried. My mom told me, 'We're doing this for fun, and if it's not fun anymore, we're not going to do it. So if you ever cry again, we're going to stop.' I never cried from then on, and I kept that lesson for the rest of my life.
I love my body. I love representing people who aren't stick figures, because people aren't.
I'm good friends with Matt Morrison.
I've never been a thin girl. I grew up being - I don't want to say a plus-size girl, but a girl of curves and substance.
When you are preparing for a role, you have a script to comb through and the writer's help in telling you about the character, and then you can fill in the gaps. When you are doing a cabaret show, it's very personal. You have the opportunity to share parts of yourself with an audience and figure out how you want to connect.
When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank you.' Then you read lines where people call you fat, and you call yourself fat or ugly, and it can wear on you. But that's also our dream as actors, to play someone else and give someone else a voice.
I've never been a bridesmaid.
I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school.
It's nice to be with a male energy as opposed to a female energy. It's very different.
