Keala Settle Quotes
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Stevie Wonder was a big influence in my life.
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I wake up in the morning, and I look in a mirror, and I go, 'Is this really all I got? Is this all the universe has given me?'
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We all have fears! Don't lie! We all have fears.
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I was successfully hiding from the world on Broadway for about 25 years.
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I used to not walk out the door; I was so afraid. Everything from, 'You shouldn't be here,' down to, 'Girl, don't wear those pants.' I was so sad. I tried my best to not even look in a mirror!
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Musically, I'm a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim, and I love, love 'Sweeney Todd.'
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If someone puts a character in front of me - no matter what it is, whether there has been a film or not - I want to be that character, not imitate it. There's a difference - a big difference.
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As you get older, whatever your struggles may be - how you sound, how you look, how you dress - you grow into yourself a little bit more. You end up realizing the world wants you and not a carbon copy of six other people.
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The parts that I get to play are not based around the European beauty standards: They're more about character, and I love that.
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I loved dancing.
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My mother played guitar by ear, and all of us sang except my father, bless his heart.
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On days I'm not working, I don't wear a ton of other makeup, but if I have to look like I care, I'll use this By Terry Ombre Blackstar eye shadow stick in Frozen Quartz and Eyeko mascara.
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I'm an actress who likes to work as much as possible, so I'm very grateful for all these opportunities.
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I was never one of those actors who believed, 'I'm so gonna be an ingenue.' I already knew that wasn't gonna happen, and I decided not to torture myself with it.
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When I was younger, my mother wanted me to look like Claudia Schiffer. I was like, 'We're not even German, but all right.'
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What is so beautiful about a composer and a lyricist is that their job is to push a story along and not halt it.
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We weren't wearing shoes on a full-time basis until prom.
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Everyone makes mistakes, and we need to learn to forgive ourselves.
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No one can bully me better than me. I'm the first person to the party going, 'Don't worry - you don't have to cut me down, 'cause I'm already there.' I struggled with all those voices and gave them so much power, to the point where they took over my life.
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I was causing trouble in high school, and in order to get me to stop and to pass, they put me into theater, and I ended up winning a Shakespeare competition. All I had to do was imitate people properly, and I ended up going to the finals when I was about 16.
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I woke up one day and thought, 'Enough is enough with bullying myself.' The war is within you, and that's also where it's won. You just have to tackle your insecurities and then let them go.
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To be honest, being a fat girl, when people are telling you you need to eat, it's the biggest thrill of your life.
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No one was created to be alone.
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Women put ourselves through so much. Really, everybody does; it's not a gendered thing. I think all of us are always gonna be tortured by some sense of inadequacy, no matter what. I don't know if there's a way to tell people not do this to themselves.