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There were TVs everywhere. When we weren't on stage, we were watching what America was watching and rooting for each other and our leading lady. That experience was incredible, and I was just enjoying myself.
Laura Benanti
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Laura Benanti
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: July 15
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Laura Ilene Benanti
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I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.
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The average age of a model is fifteen years old. It's so crazy to me. And how confusing for men they're like, Well, I'm supposed to be attracted to that image - like that's what it's designed for - but it's a fifteen year old girl. I think it's a very confusing thing for every single person involved.
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I don't like the word brand. When I see people creating a brand, it feels disingenuous.
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Maybe a young woman will go see a show by a woman, or starring a woman about women's issues, and that will help her get to that quiet place inside of herself where she can then explore what it means to be a woman to her.
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I really do love the Muppets. My sister used to call them the Muffets. She'd be like, Can we watch the Muffets? So anything that reminds me of how adorable my sister was, I'm a big fan of.
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I feel like people used to leave their homes and go to their local theatre, and they used to watch ballet dancers and musical theatre performers and tap dancers and orchestras and dog acts. You had to leave your home, be in the presence of other people, know how to behave, and enjoy the human being whose beating heart was in front of you.
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I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are treated.
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Don't wait for people to tell you who you are. Show them.
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Just because you're a belter doesn't make you funny it just means that's how your pipes are set up.
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My parents took me to see Stevie Wonder when I was about 3, but my mom made us leave because everybody around us was smoking pot.
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People want to go to a musical to be razzled and dazzled, so to have an opportunity to do a musical that feels serious and moving is exciting to me. Especially since people think of me as a silly, funny person, so I like to be able to show that other side of me.
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I did a lot of lying. I went through a big lying phase when I was in like third and fourth grade. I told all my friends I was in Les Misérables, and I was not. I also told them I was an Indian princess. Also not an Indian princess.
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I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.
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Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.
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I finally stopped complaining about 'Why isn't everybody else making me what I want to be?' You can't rely solely on your agent or your managers to educate people as to who you are.
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I didn't love stickers and unicorns and stuff, but just if I were to ride on the back of a beast to work, I want it to be a frickin' unicorn.
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I've met a lot of famous people that I just thought were so unbelievable. For me, meeting Julie Andrews was probably the highlight of my life.
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We learn by watching. That's what concerns me a little about the society we're in now because so much of what we're watching is entitled, self-centered, brats with no talent becoming very, very famous for literally no reason.
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If we had an audience to play to, the performance would have gotten too big. Sizing our performances to the camera was an important journey for me at least.
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