“Sometimes I'm considered, I guess, a subtle actor. Maybe I'm less of a showman and more just trying to tell the story. I don't know what the perception is. I just want to tell the story so the story as a whole works as opposed to just making sure that I work.” KnowsWantTryingSometimesWholeStoriesActorsPerceptionSubtle Author:Kelli O'Hara
“We can make choices, but we can be vulnerable; we can do the wrong thing, but the wrong thing for all the right reasons. I think it [life] is basically about forgiveness, and not about someone else forgiving you, but you forgiving yourself. I think we all want a lot of that.” ThinkingWantReasonLife IsChoicesCan DoForgivingVulnerableWrong ThingsForgive Yourself Author:Kelli O'Hara
“When I'm given an opportunity with music and goodness, then I want to do that [play that role]. I want to go all the way to the edge of that and make it as big as I can.” WayWantI CanPlayBigsOpportunityGivenRolesGoodnessEdges Author:Kelli O'Hara
“I want to work, but I certainly am not going to be clawing at empty things when I can completely fill up my bucket with them - the other is a waste of my time.” WantI CanWasteEmptyMy TimeBucketsWasting My Time Author:Kelli O'Hara
“I think in this business [acting] there's the option to do a lot of things and say, "I don't care. I'm just going to do what I want," but what I do affects a lot of people.” PeopleThinkingWantCareActingDon't CareI Don't Care Author:Kelli O'Hara
“You always want to be the person who doesn't need to be included, but it feels damn good to be among you people. My first Broadway show was Master Class, and I saw Audra McDonald. The one that sealed the deal was Ragtime, with Marin Mazzie. My first big role was with John Lithgow, and he taught me the ropes. Norm Lewis sang the night I met my husband. It makes me feel like I have a family.” PeopleWantNeedsFeelsFirstsPersonsShowsBigsNightDealsClassRolesSawsTaughtMastersMetsHusbandDamnMy HusbandNormBroadwayRopeMcdonaldsBroadway ShowsDamn GoodRagtime Author: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.” WantWantedOpera Author:Kelli O'Hara
