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People think that theater actors are too big for the camera. It's like, 'No, we're actors and we adjust for our audience.'
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I get nervous about everything. I think there's something wrong if you don't get nervous.
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I secretly love the song 'No More Tears.' It's my go-to karaoke song that I do with all my friends.
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Being in a recording studio is a very different feel from performing onstage. I mean, obviously, you can't just go in and do what you would do onstage. It reads differently.
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I always joke that everything else that I do is to support my theater habit.
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I want to do everything, and I don't think that's too ambitious.
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Every time I see a live performance of something, I'm like, 'I want to be doing that!'
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I have two Jack Russell terriers, Harley and Gracie, who I like to go running with in the park.
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To be a series regular for two seasons taught me so much about what it takes to be on a TV schedule and work those kind of hours and just work in front of a camera in general.
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You always hear about how women working together will catfight.
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It's every singer's dream to get to Carnegie Hall.
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I'm a sucker for French fries - I love that they're salty!
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Everybody's entitled to their opinions, but I don't understand why we have to saturate social media with all the negative stuff.
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Breakups are hard for anybody, and no matter how it happens or ends up, they're just hard.
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I've never been so star struck in my life as when I met President Obama and Bill Clinton... and at the same time, no less! I'm not one to be at a loss for words, and that was a moment when I really was speechless. It was a big, big night.
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I totally let myself indulge, but I make little deals with myself. If I have an extra cupcake, I'll run a couple of extra miles. I think it's all about balance and not getting into extremes with dieting and exercising. Having a healthy attitude is important, too!
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It's so funny because people always think of me as being a little bit country or assume that I am from the South - I don't know why!
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I decided I was going to be an opera star. I was about 12.
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I'm a huge holiday person. I love having parties and giving gifts.
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I always thought Broadway's the goal, and then I moved out to L.A. with 'Wicked' and started doing guest-star spots and little recurring things, and I was like, 'Well, this is pretty great; I'm kind of digging this.'
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The thing about making a musical is that you can and will be replaceable really quickly.
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I look at the people's careers who I want to emulate, like Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters... They've all found the key to longevity in this business, and that is diversifying, doing as many things as possible to keep yourself relevant, and so hopefully I'm on the same track as all those amazing women.
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I look at my Twitter feed sometimes, and there's just people tearing apart other performers.
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The musical based on my life would most likely be called 'Something Fabulous.' 'Something Fabulous' - that's a great title!