I find it’s nice when I can be a listener and absorb things coming at me. It’s important, especially for me, when so much of my job is about putting things out into the world. So those quiet moments are rejuvenating. Phillipa Soo Read Quote
My mom always told me to follow my bliss. And I remember specifically with my father, when I was out of school and not knowing how I’d get a job or make money – should I take some classes? What do I do? He said as long as I was working – to enrich myself in some way – that I was on the right path. Phillipa Soo Read Quote
I went through a phase when I was watching a lot of foreign films, just itching to get out of the suburbs and explore. Phillipa Soo Read Quote
As a woman, it’s nice to hear people at the stage door say, ‘I didn’t even know! She’s a woman, and that’s the most amazing thing’. Phillipa Soo Read Quote
I relate to that idea of not necessarily seeking out ‘interesting female roles,’ but ‘this character, this role, who happens to be a woman, is interesting to me, and I relate to it in some way, so I’m just gonna go with my gut and see where it leads me.’ Phillipa Soo Read Quote
In terms of my own experience, my dad is first-generation, so his parents were from China, and my mom was born and raised in southern Illinois, and she was involved in the arts. My dad’s a doctor. Phillipa Soo Read Quote
I think it’s just amazing to be in a group of women, in a group of people that you can spend enough time with them to really get to know people and be inspired by them and learn something new about them every day. Phillipa Soo Read Quote
I read ‘Backstage’ a lot when I first was unleashed into the world from drama school. And what was great about it was that if I was using it or not, it was just nice to know what was happening in my community. Phillipa Soo Read Quote
We try to find the information, the clues, to unlock the play or the story or our characters, especially when they’re based on real people that live and breathe. Phillipa Soo Read Quote
