“I wanted other women to know there's no shame in talking about it. People don't say they're pregnant until the second trimester. I intellectually understand that you don't want the whole world to know your business, but at the same time what does that mean? You don't tell your employers you're pregnant, but then when you miscarry no one knows you miscarried. Miscarrying is a horrible painful event.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantMeanDoeWholeWantedTalkingEventsShamePainfulWhole WorldHorriblePregnantEmployers Author:Laura Benanti
“I think it's a deeper issue on the lack of communication in our culture in general. It's not abnormal to see a family out to dinner and every person is on their phone instead of communicating with each other and that's pretty sad.” ThinkingPersonsCultureIssuesCommunicationPhonesCommunicateDeeperDinnerAbnormalLack Of Communication Author:Laura Benanti
“I think we've become a TV culture where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think there is a self-centeredness that happens. There's nothing more important than what you are doing in that moment. So, unless it's an emergency, put your phone away.” ThinkingImportantSelfMomentsHappensCultureForgetFrontsTvsPhonesThat MomentPerformersEmergenciesSelf CenterednessCenteredness Author:Laura Benanti
“I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.” IfsWritingDoneMy OwnMaterialsJokesVideoComedian Author:Laura Benanti
“There were TVs everywhere. When we weren't on stage, we were watching what America was watching and rooting for each other and our leading lady. That experience was incredible, and I was just enjoying myself.” AmericaEnjoyStageTvsIncrediblesLeading Ladies Author:Laura Benanti
“If we had an audience to play to, the performance would have gotten too big. Sizing our performances to the camera was an important journey for me at least.” IfsImportantPlayBigsAudienceJourneyPerformancesCameras Author:Laura Benanti
“I sing songs from the theater and pop songs. When I say 'pop songs,' I mean from the 90's. And I tell jokes. So it's sort of a stand up show meets a concert - not your traditional lounging across a piano cabaret show. It's much looser.” MeanShowsSongJokesTheaterPopsTraditionalPianoConcertsShow MePop SongCabaretLounging Author:Laura Benanti
“Miscarrying is a horrible painful event. That just felt like something that needed to be addressed. I am by no means prescribing how people grieve. I am just saying it's painful, it's not your fault and it's so common. Well if it's so common - let's talk about it and open a dialogue where people know what to say to you.” PeopleIfsKnowsWellsMeanFeltCommonEventsNeededFaultsPainfulHorribleDialogueGrievingLike SomethingJust SayingPrescribing Author:Laura Benanti
“My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's "I Remember Sky." It's probably the saddest song of all time I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.” ShowsRememberSongSkyJokesMirrorsMy FavoriteAll TimeTunesSaddestSondheimShow Tunes Author:Laura Benanti
“I found American actors quite scary because they're brilliant actors and brilliantly funny, and they never stopped once you wound them up... off they went and they just deliver fantastic stuff.” ActorsFoundStuffScaryBrilliantWoundsFantastic Author:Peter Capaldi