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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My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America a generation before when times were very bad in Ireland. He worked in the Pennsylvania area and ...

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You breathe fast when you're scared.

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If I get tickled in a certain way, I actually lose the ability to stand. I don't mean to, but something happens to my knees, and I fall on the ground.

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With a revival, you're compared to somebody else.

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We didn't have a lot of live theater in Oklahoma. I didn't visit New York when I was growing up. I watched movie musicals, and I believed in an idealistic, idyllic version of Broadway.

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In my special place, room service could only consist of my husband making me a breakfast of eggs, avocados, and hummus. And coffee with milk.

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I don't ever sing classically when I am singing a contemporary score - I kind of try to fit in whatever needs to happen.

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The hardest role that I've ever tried to play was Clara Johnson in 'Light in the Piazza' at Lincoln Center. It was the least fun I've ever had, but the most beautiful experience I've ever had. I could not understand her. I could not put my feet in he...

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I don't mind talking about my family and how to balance it all. But, in today's world, we should probably be asking both women and men about work and family and how to balance the two.

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When you're pregnant, things - at least for me - get very sincere and very wholesome, and it's about family, and singing becomes about warmth.

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When I was a kid, I would sing in people's living rooms and for different little family things.

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My mom's side of the family is from Arkansas!

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I don't have that many family and friends.

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I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it!

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I feel so rich in my emotions and in my life and so grateful when I'm home and so grateful when I'm at work.

Kelli O'Hara

I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where my dad grew up, actually.

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I've had great opportunities to show different sides of myself, but the challenge will always be getting either people to let you do it or finding the right things to do in order to do it.

Kelli O'Hara

Shakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature.

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Some songs depend heavily on the character, but, for the most part, a great song begs for reinterpretation every time it is sung, even when in character.

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I don't read reviews, because if you believe the good ones, you have to believe the bad.

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I think it can be a good idea to know what you do well and use that to open the door for yourself. Once you open the door, close it behind you, and start to make changes.

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Author Bio

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