Vanessa Lengies Quotes

Canada, Actress
July 21, 1985

Vanessa Lengies (born July 21, 1985) is a Canadian actress, dancer and singer. She is known for starring in the drama American Dreams as Roxanne Bojarski. She appeared as Charge Nurse Kelly Epson on the TNT medical drama HawthoRNe, and has appeared in the recurring role of Sugar Motta in the third, fourth, and sixth seasons of the Fox series Glee.

Also known as Film Actor, Dancer, Singer

I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a challenge and I really like doing things that are different because if I had to do the same thing all the time, then I don't think I would be an actor.

Vanessa Lengies
- Time
- Different
- Challenge
My whole plan in my head has always been, if I go a year without acting, it's time to go home; it's time to go back to Montreal.

Vanessa Lengies
- Time
- Home
- Year

When I was younger, my dad was making a music video for a band in Montreal. I was goofing around and being a ham. An agent was there and she was telling me, 'Hey, do you think you'd want to go out on auditions?' I was like, 'Yeah, what's an audition? Sure, I'll do it.'

Vanessa Lengies
- Music
- Band
- Making
I love playing characters, so I'm always telling my agents, 'Don't worry if the character description is something you think I'm not. Let me try to be that person.'

Vanessa Lengies
- Character
- Think
- Person
During 'Hawthorne', I was constantly trying not to be too outrageous and keep it serious. This has been so refreshing for me because it's such a good outlet for the inner me to just be. That's the whole point of 'Glee' anyways – to just be who you are and that's enough. I really feel that way on set.

Vanessa Lengies
- Good
- Way
- Me
I'm so lucky to play Sugar because she does get the best wardrobe. Sugar is always in something fluffy, feathery, animal print-y, sparkly she doesn't ever stop with the amazing wardrobe. There's a neon number I thought, when I saw the wardrobe in my trailer, that everyone was going to be wearing neon, but no - just Sugar. And it was fantastic it was so fun, I love neon!

Vanessa Lengies
- Play
- Animal
- I Love
For an actress who really hasn't gotten to act for two years, it was like letting a wild dog out of its cage.

Vanessa Lengies
- Dog
- Actress
- Cage