When you are in the musical theater and you are someone who looks like me, you are constantly bending yourself, bending your voice to fit the job they’ve given you. Donna Lynne Champlin Read Quote
As an actor, you do feel very powerless… you are at the whim of the agent who submits you for a project, and then at the audition, you are at the whim of the casting director who will cast you or not. Donna Lynne Champlin Read Quote
If I could say anything to anybody out there thinking of creating their own content is to always, always, come from a place of authenticity. Donna Lynne Champlin Read Quote
Since I play piano, I can play the right hand on the accordion, no problemo. It’s the left hand with the buttons that makes me crazy. Donna Lynne Champlin Read Quote
I was a judge for the 2014 NYMF season. I’ve done it for a few years. They send you a certain amount of scripts and scores, and you rank them. Donna Lynne Champlin Read Quote
It’s very rare for me to come across a script for NYMF that is truly its own animal. That’s really what appealed to me about ‘Valueville.’ I still have my notes from when I first read it. Donna Lynne Champlin Read Quote
There’s pre-production, and the second part is when you start rehearsal. Pre-production was a very large learning curve for me. Donna Lynne Champlin Read Quote
I’ve become accustomed to not being cast for television and film because of how I look. Donna Lynne Champlin Read Quote
