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Musical theatre is my first love.
I've always wanted to go to Austria.
I am a feminist with a capital 'F' .
I always approach every role through a lens of comedy.
I haven't been trying to be anything other than myself.
Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.
Don't wait for people to tell you who you are. Show them.
I was a little girl who grew up idolizing musical-theatre stars.
I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.
I always love to see singing on television; any form of a musical is exciting to me.
Some people have jobs where other people don’t clap for them. I don’t understand that.
I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important.
I was pregnant, and, like, 'Being a mom's going to be easy!' And now I'm like, 'Great.'
I don't like the word "brand." When I see people creating a brand, it feels disingenuous.
Just because you're a belter doesn't make you funny; it just means that's how your pipes are set up.
I learned to stop saying yes because I then have to back out. I've been trying to prioritize my health.
I was in Nashville quite a bit when I shot 'Nashville,' and I was in Los Angeles when I shot in 'Supergirl'.
Being in front of a live audience again. I get that in my concerts but there's nothing like being on Broadway.
I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.
For me, Twitter has given me a direct line to the world - it gave me an opportunity to be like, "This is my voice.
I love doing concerts. For me, it's the favorite thing I do. I get to communicate with the audience in a direct way.
For me, Kate McKinnon can do no wrong. She is an absolute genius. She's a hero of mine. Melissa McCarthy is hilarious.
I think it's good to have an old fashioned musical as well as new musicals. There's a lot of room for different shows.
I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater.
I actually enjoy Britney Spears. Not as a singer but as a performer. I just enjoy watching her. I think, 'You are so brave.'
My parents took me to see Stevie Wonder when I was about 3, but my mom made us leave because everybody around us was smoking pot.
I've worked so hard since I was 18 years old, and I'd hate for the memories to be boiled down to being a Melania Trump impersonator.
I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are treated.
My biggest influence is someone I really don't know at all: Tina Fey. Smart, funny, beautiful, self-deprecating, also a mom and a wife.
I didn't love stickers and unicorns and stuff, but just if I were to ride on the back of a beast to work, I want it to be a frickin' unicorn.
I've met a lot of famous people that I just thought were so unbelievable. For me, meeting Julie Andrews was probably the highlight of my life.
A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I took things very seriously.
I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.
If we had an audience to play to, the performance would have gotten too big. Sizing our performances to the camera was an important journey for me at least.
I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
Most people don't even get to be on TV, so I got to be on TV a bunch of times... I feel so lucky that I get to go back and forth between television and theater.
I'm such a goody two-shoes, I've never stolen a single thing. I would not be able to handle it. I would not be able to live with the guilt of having stolen something.
I'm such a goody two-shoes, I don't even taste the fruit at the grocery store. Like oh, are these grapes good? I can't even do that. I'm that much of a rule-follower.
I finally stopped complaining about 'Why isn't everybody else making me what I want to be?' You can't rely solely on your agent or your managers to educate people as to who you are.
My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's "I Remember Sky." It's probably the saddest song of all time I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.
My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's 'I Remember Sky.' It's probably the saddest song of all time; I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.
I have to create opportunities for myself. But the thing I really have learned is that you gain nothing from sitting around waiting for the phone to ring - you have to do it for yourself.
Television can be a little tricky in terms of finding roles that feel fully flushed out, which is why I love being in the theater so much, because the roles tend to be really on the page.
I really do love the Muppets. My sister used to call them the Muffets. She'd be like, "Can we watch the Muffets?" So anything that reminds me of how adorable my sister was, I'm a big fan of.
I grew up loving musicals. My mom had records of original cast recordings, and one of them was 'She Loves Me.' I wore that thing out singing along to Barbara Cook when I was eight years old.
For me, Melania represents America. We're all reluctantly married to Donald Trump now. She is a vehicle to making fun of him. I can't do a Donald Trump impersonation, but I can impersonate her.
I'm not a big weird eater-of-things. I mean honestly I would say like for me, like escargot or sweetbreads is the weirdest thing I've eaten. But I haven't eaten like bugs or... not that I know of.