Some days, I don’t recognise my country, and other days, I see people being vocal and passionate, and I think, ‘There’s my country.’ Audra McDonald Read Quote
I think they’re an incredible honor. I’m grateful and flattered by them. But I have no control over winning awards – I have no control over any of that. Audra McDonald Read Quote
I believe in not whistling backstage and not saying the name of the Scottish play. Audra McDonald Read Quote
When I was doing ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ with Sean Combs, we began in bed, and he would give me 10 kisses and an 11th for luck before the play began. Audra McDonald Read Quote
There’s a lot of traps you can fall into when you are playing someone who existed. If it comes out just as impersonation, that’s bad; it has to be an embodiment. You have to live it, not just sound and look like it. Audra McDonald Read Quote
I just wanted to go to New York and be on Broadway, but then I was accepted by Juilliard, where they trained me in classical voice. It was great in the end, but at the time, I thought, ‘What am I doing here? This is not my path.’ But it was absolutely my path and where I was meant to be. Audra McDonald Read Quote
Without theater, I don’t think I would have thought I was a smart person or excelled at anything. Audra McDonald Read Quote
