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I will miss it terribly because it's been a fabulous run for me, but there are other things I want to do. It's one of those roles that is so amazingly physically demanding. I would never want to do it halfway. I think it's the best it can be right now, and I don't want it to be anything but that.
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I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two hours a night!
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Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable.
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An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.
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In high school I never went to the prom because I was too consumed with gymnastics. Also, with my hair in pigtails and looking about 10, I wasn't exactly date material.
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Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.
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The thing I received from Girl Scouts more than anything else was a sense of real teamwork and working for the community, helping others, and it was not competitive. I remember working as a group to achieve a goal or to help the community. There was a great sense of accomplishment in that.