Laura Benanti quotes

Musical theatre is my first love. (Laura Benanti)

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.

Laura Benanti

Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year.'

Laura Benanti

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.

Laura Benanti

I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing better than an amazing musical, but an okay musical can be one of the worst times you've ever had.

Laura Benanti

My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather, who raised me along with my mother, is a psychotherapist. I was always supported in creative ventures.

Laura Benanti

I think we've become a TV culture where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think there is a self-centeredness that happens. There's nothing more important than what you are doing in that moment. So, unless it's an emergency, put your phone away.

Laura Benanti

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.

Laura Benanti

My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.

Laura Benanti

Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.

Laura Benanti

I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater. (Laura Benanti)

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.

Laura Benanti