I just want to go to Disneyland. I need that a lot, to just let everything go, go on some roller coasters and have fun. Shanice Williams Read Quote
I would really love to go back to college, if there’s any way I could to do it, and maybe minor in business. Shanice Williams Read Quote
I was eating cereal on my couch when I saw the first commercial for ‘The Wiz’ on TV. I dropped the spoon and the tears came out of nowhere. Shanice Williams Read Quote
I’m a Jersey girl, but I went to college in L.A. I can connect with the feeling of wanting to come home. Shanice Williams Read Quote
I’m very optimistic about the future, because… Okay, with Audra McDonald, even just on Broadway, they cast her in shows that are usually not played by African-American women, so she’s very inspiring to me just because of that, you know what I mean? Shanice Williams Read Quote
When I went to college, I wasn’t really happy at there, and I really wanted to come home. Mind you, I auditioned for ‘The Wiz’ the day after I came home from college. I wanted to come home and try to go to a new school. Shanice Williams Read Quote
My grandparents actually, whenever they got the chance, took me to Broadway, but that started when I was in high school, because that’s when I realized… At the very beginning of high school, I realized, ‘Oh my gosh. Okay, this is a career choice for me.’ So yeah, then they always brought me to New York to see Broadway shows whenever they could. Shanice Williams Read Quote
Listen, I’m a performer, and all I’m worried about is just performing and just doing… This is what makes me happy, so no matter what, I’m going to give it my best shot, and I’m going to put myself all out there and give it 100%, and whatever happens, happens. Shanice Williams Read Quote
I started singing in my church choir, and then when I got to middle school, I had the coolest musical theatre director, and we actually did ‘The Wiz’ in seventh grade, and I was Addaperle, and my grandma was like, ‘Why didn’t you audition for Dorothy?’ But I was too nervous for that. Shanice Williams Read Quote
