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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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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.
Annaleigh Ashford
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I did clown training for months.
Annaleigh Ashford -
Since I was a little girl, I've collected ladybugs. Not real ones - I never had a weird ladybug farm!
Annaleigh Ashford -
I have always known mosquitoes love me, but they really love me in Central Park.
Annaleigh Ashford -
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.
Annaleigh Ashford -
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.
Annaleigh Ashford -
This is magic - the people of Broadway. There's nothing better!
Annaleigh Ashford
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I grew up listening to cabaret. At 7 and 8 years old, I was already singing like a club performer.
Annaleigh Ashford -
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.
Annaleigh Ashford -
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.
Annaleigh Ashford -
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.
Annaleigh Ashford -
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.
Annaleigh Ashford -
Theater was just what I was supposed to do.
Annaleigh Ashford
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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.
Annaleigh Ashford -
I'm really excited to share cabaret, the art form, not just with the generations that are above me, but also my generation and the generation under me. I think it's an art form that's incredibly important, and I think that my generation is a little unfamiliar with it.
Annaleigh Ashford -
It's very unusual to be playing something other than human.
Annaleigh Ashford -
If you can change your mind, you can change the world!
Annaleigh Ashford -
St. Louis is a very interesting city in terms of accents.
Annaleigh Ashford -
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.
Annaleigh Ashford
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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.
Annaleigh Ashford -
I come from a family of educators.
Annaleigh Ashford -
I think every New York actor's dream is to do Shakespeare in the Park. Each show is so special and unique and diverse because of the elements that we're performing in. Every live show is truly a one-of-a-kind.
Annaleigh Ashford -
My go-go dancing was not your typical go-go dancing: I really was doing performance art. I would do dramatic, elaborate lyricals across the bar. I learned a lot, actually, as an artist during that time.
Annaleigh Ashford