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I've worked with incredible people that have set amazing examples for me.
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I remember getting notified that I won an award, and I gloated up a storm to my mother, and I was so obnoxious about it, but I said to her, 'Momma, I'm going to enjoy every moment of this because tomorrow, something bad is going to happen.'
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I'm a big Broadway fan and a big MGM fan.
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The first time I didn't get called back at an audition, I cried. My mom told me, 'We're doing this for fun, and if it's not fun anymore, we're not going to do it. So if you ever cry again, we're going to stop.' I never cried from then on, and I kept that lesson for the rest of my life.
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Being called ugly every day is not easy on the psyche.
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I started taking voice when I was six and dance classes every day - I just couldn't get enough.
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'Dogfight' is my favorite thing I've ever worked on. It's such a special piece, and I'm so close to the character of Rose. I loved doing it every night.
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I do think television has really fantasized it to the point where now everyone wants a gay best friend.
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I learned by watching Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand.
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I love my body. I love representing people who aren't stick figures, because people aren't.
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I'm good friends with Matt Morrison.
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I did 'The Sound of Music.' That was my first musical.
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With 'Wicked,' I was stepping into a role that I didn't make so that felt like I had more boundaries then I did with 'Carousel.'
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When I was 12, I played Dorothy in my community theatre production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and it was very critically hailed by my school paper!
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I've never been a bridesmaid.
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I teach a lot of young musical theatre actors, and I notice that a lot of them say that they have a harder time connecting the classic repertoire.
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I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald.
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At 'Wicked,' they are really great about letting you make your own choices with the roles.
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I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school.
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Gay men are still men.
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I knew if I were ever to leave 'Godspell,' which I loved so much, it would have to be for something really spectacular.
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I've never been a thin girl. I grew up being - I don't want to say a plus-size girl, but a girl of curves and substance.
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I have a major love for musical theatre, including a lot of stuff I don't get to do very often.
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'Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can.