Quotes by Laura Benanti

About Laura Benanti:

Laura Ilene Benanti is an American stage and screen actress, known for her Tony-winning performance as Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy and as Baroness Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC television production of The Sound of Music Live!.
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I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing better than an amazing musical, but an okay musical can be one of the worst times you've ever had.

Laura Benanti

I don't think theater is dying, and musicals are a great American art form. We've got apple pie, jazz and musical theater.

Laura Benanti

Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.

Laura Benanti

I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.

Laura Benanti

I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.

Laura Benanti

I was a little girl who grew up idolizing musical-theatre stars.

Laura Benanti

I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I took things very seriously.

Laura Benanti

I actually enjoy Britney Spears. Not as a singer but as a performer. I just enjoy watching her. I think, 'You are so brave.'

Laura Benanti

My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.

Laura Benanti

Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.

Laura Benanti

I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.

Laura Benanti

Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up...

Laura Benanti

Musical theatre is my first love.

Laura Benanti

There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers have to make their money back and Tonys and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Laura Benanti

My mother was an actress and my voice teacher, an incredible voice teacher. My biological father is an actor, and my stepfather, who raised me along with my mother, is a psychotherapist. I was always supported in creative ventures.

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Author Bio

  • NameLaura Benanti
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornJuly 23, 1979
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Singer