Carmen Cusack Quotes
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If you looked at my music collection and saw an album that was a soundtrack to a musical, it's probably because I had bought it to learn the music so I could go and audition.
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I wasn't ready for 'Bright Star' to end when it did.
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It's nice to be able to go do what I love and come home - and get in my own bed.
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I believe there's no reason why we couldn't be entering a new age of musical theater if we continue to nurture young talent, take risks, and give them a playing field.
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When you do something eight times a week, you fall into those little places where sometimes things can get a bit stagnant. That's why I always welcome a new face on the stage.
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You have to laugh through hard things, right? How else do you cope?
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My mother had me when she was 16, and that was an issue that had to be dealt with. She grew up in a very religious background, and there was a lot of discussion of what they should do with this unborn child. But here I am, and thank goodness.
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I've been singing Rodgers and Hammerstein all my life.
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'Wicked' is so hard-core, physically and mentally, for the whole three hours, that doing that show for two years has pretty much prepared me for anything.
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It's hard for some parents to give their children compliments.
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'Bright Star' has been designed and the songs have been formulated around the way that I sing. That is the biggest gift of anything.
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I've had one fall that I kind of hurt my toe pretty badly because I slammed into one of the set pieces. But, you know, you just get up and keep going. The adrenaline's pumping, and you just carry on!
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I'm not a fan of musicals. Never have been.
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To be honest with you, most of the time the ingenue roles are a little bit dull and boring, in my opinion.
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Originating something is what every actor waits for. Usually, those opportunities are offered to people who already have a name.
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Show biz! It's definitely not for sissies.
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Taking the arts out of schools is a terrible mistake.
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We had to grow up very fast. There never was a day when there wasn't shouting about the bills.
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I'm just going to do things that I like to do, sing songs that I like to sing.
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I love 'South Pacific.' It's got beautiful music. But there have been so many, you know, renditions of this in high school or college productions.
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Going to Broadway - then to be invited to the Tonys - I really tap into what that feels like now to fulfill lifetime goals.
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My mother had people lay hands on me to cast demons out of me when I was 8. Then two or three times when I was in college.
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An accent always helps me ground a character. It also helps to remind me what age I'm playing.
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I was worried that my voice would struggle with talking nonstop every night, but it's been fine.