Quotes by Kelli O'Hara

About Kelli O'Hara:

Kelli O'Hara is an American stage actress and singer. She has appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway in many musicals since making her Broadway debut as a replacement in Jekyll & Hyde in 2000. A six-time Tony Award nominee, her first nomination was for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the 2005 production of The Light in the Piazza.
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I'm a mother, and when you have children, there's a protection. You'll do a lot to protect them, to do what's best for them.

Kelli O'Hara

I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn't want to continue opera because I wanted to act.

Kelli O'Hara

By no means, I can't sing any rock and roll.

Kelli O'Hara

Everyone's story is different, and we can't really be inside them.

Kelli O'Hara

I think anything emotional adds to your acting and singing, no matter what it is that you go through. It will always add to it, never take away.

Kelli O'Hara

I was able to do concerts all the way up until two weeks before I had the baby; I thought I was stopping a month ahead, but he was three weeks early.

Kelli O'Hara

Everyone has these ideas, especially about the middle of the country, about people being backwards and three-toothed.

Kelli O'Hara

Every part has its relief when I'm done with it.

Kelli O'Hara

'South Pacific' has a definite heaviness that people don't realize. It's got a seriousness and a message.

Kelli O'Hara

I've been singing since I was nine or ten.

Kelli O'Hara

I'm proud to be Irish.

Kelli O'Hara

Corned beef and cabbage - that's our favorite holiday meal when all the O' Haras gather around the table.

Kelli O'Hara

My father named me Kelli because 'Kelli O'Hara' just sounded so Irish.

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I never really try to watch the movie of the things I've been in.

Kelli O'Hara

I've always wanted my characters to have more dimension and realistic cores than the ingenue material often provides. It's been a challenge.

Kelli O'Hara

I've always wanted to do a Shakespeare play.

Kelli O'Hara

My degree was in opera.

Kelli O'Hara

Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my own voice and grow.

Kelli O'Hara

It's always hard - it's a little counterintuitive to leave your baby at any point during the infancy.

Kelli O'Hara

I grew up on a farm.

Kelli O'Hara

Author Bio

  • NameKelli O'Hara
  • DescriptionAmerican actress
  • BornApril 16, 1976
  • CountryUnited States Of America