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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.

Laura Benanti

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Laura Benanti
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: July 15
Actor
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Film Actor
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New York City
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Laura Ilene Benanti
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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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For me, Twitter has given me a direct line to the world - it gave me an opportunity to be like, This is my voice.
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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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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.
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Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.
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Being in front of a live audience again. I get that in my concerts but there's nothing like being on Broadway.
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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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I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater.
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I think it's a deeper issue on the lack of communication in our culture in general. It's not abnormal to see a family out to dinner and every person is on their phone instead of communicating with each other and that's pretty sad.
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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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Don't wait for people to tell you who you are. Show them.
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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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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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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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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 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 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 think it's good to have an old fashioned musical as well as new musicals. There's a lot of room for different shows.
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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 have to create opportunities for myself. But the thing I really have learned is that you gain nothing from sitting around waiting for the phone to ring - you have to do it for yourself.
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