Annaleigh Ashford Quotes
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My first big show in Denver was 'Ruthless! The Musical.' I played Tina Denmark at the Theatre on Broadway. It was my big break!
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I did clown training for months.
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Sometimes in a big theatre, you have about, probably, six yards sometimes between you and the first person in the audience. It's almost like you've got to jump across a little pond to get there and then keep moving.
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The cast of 'The Big C' is such an amazing group of people. They're so joyful and just open their arms to you as an actor.
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My mom is a gym teacher, and she's not musically inclined, but she always wanted to help me out with music as best she could.
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The older I get and the more iconic the piece, I believe that it's wise to watch a bit and become inspired and take moments that feel so connected to the story and also connected to me that I feel like I can make a part of my own performance.
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I grew up listening to cabaret. At 7 and 8 years old, I was already singing like a club performer.
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I have always known mosquitoes love me, but they really love me in Central Park.
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Since I was a little girl, I've collected ladybugs. Not real ones - I never had a weird ladybug farm!
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We actually found some home videos, some really funny footage of me when I was around 3 years old. I come up to the camera to do a Nixon impression. I don't know who taught me that, but I come up to the camera and said, 'I am not a crook.' I got a really good laugh. You see me register that bringing joy to people is a positive thing.
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The people I see be the most successful are the people who have an inner confidence and an inner strength that comes from the character they display away from the stage and from what their parents taught them.
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I think no matter what you are going to pursue, if you pursue it like it's the most important thing, then everything else will be lost. And at the end of the day, when it's time to evaluate the path that you chose for your life, there has to be something more.
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This is magic - the people of Broadway. There's nothing better!
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As an actor, you have times that are bustling, and then you have the quieter, slower times. I definitely had some of those.
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As an actor, I always think that if someone does pick up a phone during a performance, something dire must be happening in their lives that is more important than theatre - some kind of tragedy they were attending to, or something. It's very uncomfortable if you don't know why they would pick up a phone and talk in the middle of a show.
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St. Louis is a very interesting city in terms of accents.
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Animals are completely grounded in their root chakra.
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Theater was just what I was supposed to do.
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In 'Kinky Boots,' I looked for moments to be bold, showing Lauren's gutsiness and smarts. She's a little bit kooky now, too, and I love me some kooky.
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It's very unusual to be playing something other than human.
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There are certain performers that the gay community receives and recognizes with love, and my whole life, I've always responded to those same artists.
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I just hope to tell stories that help change people's minds about loving and accepting others. And one of the best ways we can do that is through laughter.
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One of the great things that playwright A.R. Gurney does in 'Sylvia' is he gives language to the emotional gestures and energy that our dogs give to us when they're communicating.
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If you can change your mind, you can change the world!