For me, even if I’m singing to a very large audience, like in ‘The Sound of Music Live’ or in the ‘She Loves Me’ broadcast, I try to imagine that I am just singing to each individual. It doesn’t change my energy other than being perhaps a bit more nervous. I try to sing to each person and right into their individual heart. Laura Benanti Read Quote
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. Laura Benanti Read Quote
I feel like comedy is important, and I think political satire can be really important. Laura Benanti Read Quote
If you can hear music, you can hear the musicality of the way someone speaks. It’s easier to nail down the way that they talk. So much of it is listening, just like in acting. If you’re listening, you pick up the nuance of why a person behaves the way that they behave. Laura Benanti Read Quote
People don’t say they’re pregnant until the second trimester. I intellectually understand that you don’t want the whole world to know your business, but at the same time, what does that mean? You don’t tell your employers you’re pregnant, but then when you miscarry, no one knows you miscarried. Miscarrying is a horrible, painful event. Laura Benanti Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’m very grateful for social media. I think it has shown people my true nature, and through that has come a book deal, and I think it certainly contributes to people’s view of me as a person with a sense of humor, which is only helpful in my industry. Laura Benanti Read Quote
When I was 5 years old, I was coming up the stairs, and I saw my mom standing there, singing ‘A Quiet Thing’ a cappella, and it was such a differentiating moment for me. I realized that we are separate from each other – she has dreams and goals. Laura Benanti Read Quote
For me, Kate McKinnon can do no wrong. She is an absolute genius. She’s a hero of mine. Melissa McCarthy is hilarious. Laura Benanti Read Quote
