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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'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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I've been singing Rodgers and Hammerstein all my life.
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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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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'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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It's hard for some parents to give their children compliments.
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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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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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I'm just going to do things that I like to do, sing songs that I like to sing.
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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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Taking the arts out of schools is a terrible mistake.
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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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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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I was worried that my voice would struggle with talking nonstop every night, but it's been fine.
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I think I've gotten to the point in my life where I have to do everything that I'm scared of because you're not going to learn anything if you don't, so you just have to dive in the deep end and see if you can swim.