Laura Benanti famous quotes

03-28-2025

The first song I ever learned to sing and play on the piano was 'I Remember Sky' when I was 10 years old. I remember thinking, This is the most beautiful song I will ever hear. And that remains true for me to this day. His music is the sole reason I wanted to be on Broadway. I wanted to sing music that transports us to the most important place one can travel, our hearts.
-- Laura Benanti

#Beautiful #Song #Heart
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.
-- Laura Benanti

#Mother #Teacher #Father
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

#Thinking #Talking #Giving
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

#Jobs #Dad #Thinking
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

#Rap #Thinking #Musical
Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.
-- Laura Benanti

#Grateful #Wells
My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.
-- Laura Benanti

#Couple #Years #Parent
Musical theatre is my first love.
-- Laura Benanti

#First Love #Musical #Theatre
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

#Kids #Adults #Littles
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

#Art #Thinking #Apples
Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
-- Laura Benanti

#Writing #Musical #Want
Some people have jobs where other people donâ€™t clap for them. I donâ€™t understand that.
-- Laura Benanti

#Jobs #People
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, you can do one community-theater show a year'.
-- Laura Benanti

#Soccer #Mother #School

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