Annaleigh Ashford Quotes
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I love to share in a scene - I'd rather share than be alone.
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I was born and raised in Denver, CO.
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There's no better gift to an actor than when you walk into an audition, and the casting director is your partner.
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I, for one, have a great momma.
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I think part of becoming a wonderful actor and part of defining your craft is defining yourself and being confident in yourself, so when the hard knocks come, and you don't get a job for five years, and your ego is being kicked around, you can pull yourself out of it.
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Vocally, it's important to sing every day. It's a muscle, and you have to keep it in shape.
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I kind of had a quarter-life crisis before I did 'Rent.' I had done Glinda in 'Wicked' for a while. I had worked for Cirque Du Soleil, and then I did 'Hair.' Then I had a real quiet time, not having work, and it was a time of not only self-discovery of me as a person, but also what I wanted as an artist and actor.
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Love is never not going to be a problem.
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I've always felt very attuned to, and at home in, the gay community.
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We don't often talk about the quarter-life crisis, but it is a real thing.
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I've chosen a career that's quite tricky. You have such high highs and low lows, and it's outrageously inconsistent. But it is what I love, which is so rare, and I'm so grateful for that every day.
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I actually have some family that's from Missouri, and my husband is an outrageous St. Louis Cardinals fan, so we go to St. Louis every once in a while to go see baseball games.
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I love finding ways to make familiar characters into someone unique.
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Performing outside, you have to wear sunscreen.
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A dog's heart chakra is always open; their aim in life is to please.
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I feel like any actor that has started out in the theater, the theater will always be their home.
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I started performing non-professionally at birthday parties and family gatherings doing 'Saturday Night Live' impressions at four. Then I started for real at seven.
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Even as a little kid, I just loved to make my own music. So I loved singing, and I loved sharing it because it was a way to connect to people.
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I loved reading 'Anne of Green Gables' and 'Little Women' and Jane Austen. Those were times when people really did have only one true love in their life.
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I took obedience, agility, and shepherding with my dog.
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On camera, the audience can see your eyes close up - they can see behind your eyes - and when you're on stage, you need to make sure that the person sitting in the back row can feel what's happening behind your eyes, even if they can't see them. Having a live audience is exhilarating and exciting all on its own, but you know, it is quite different.
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I think there's something beautiful about the art of making art, and it just will live and breathe.
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I love working in television and film, but it's completely different. The theater will always be my home. So I would love to be a lady who gets to work in all of the mediums and who calls the theater her home.
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It's important to remember to pinch yourself to remind you where you came from and how lucky you are.