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“My parents took me to see Stevie Wonder when I was about 3, but my mom made us leave because everybody around us was smoking pot.”

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Laura Benanti

Born on July 15, 1979, Laura Benanti is an accomplished American actress known for her remarkable performances on Broadway and television. She has received numerous Tony Award nominations and has won for her portrayal in 'Gypsy'. more

“That was my intention, was to have it be from the perspective of my high-school-aged self, and to try and emulate the music that I listened to at that time. So to write essentially like a pop-punk song about musicals. I wanted the dichotomy of the tone of the music with the lyrics and my singing voice.”

Writing Trying Self Wanted School Song Voice Perspective Singing High School Intention Pops Tone Punk Emulate Dichotomy

Author:Laura Benanti

“I did a lot of lying. I went through a big lying phase when I was in like third and fourth grade. I told all my friends I was in Les Misérables, and I was not. I also told them I was an Indian princess. Also not an Indian princess.”

Bigs Lying My Friends Thirds Indian Grades Princess Fourth Phases Fourth Grade Les Mis

Author:Laura Benanti

“I'm such a goody two-shoes, I've never stolen a single thing. I would not be able to handle it. I would not be able to live with the guilt of having stolen something.”

Two Able Guilt Shoes Handle Stolen Goody Two Shoes

Author:Laura Benanti

“I'm such a goody two-shoes, I don't even taste the fruit at the grocery store. Like oh, are these grapes good? I can't even do that. I'm that much of a rule-follower.”

I Can Two Taste Fruit Shoes Stores Followers Groceries Grapes Grocery Stores Goody Two Shoes

Author:Laura Benanti

“I've met a lot of famous people that I just thought were so unbelievable. For me, meeting Julie Andrews was probably the highlight of my life.”

People Mets Meetings Unbelievable Highlights Andrew

Author:Laura Benanti

“I've always wanted to go to Austria.”

Wanted Austria

Author:Laura Benanti

“I find human behavior to be fascinating, which is probably why I'm an actor, and I think that there are a lot of dangerous misconceptions about mental illness in our society, and I would like to be a part of remedying that - particularly the stigma that surrounds so many mental illnesses.”

Thinking Humans Actors Dangerous Behavior Illness Mental Illness Fascinating Our Society Surround Human Behavior Misconception Stigma

Author:Laura Benanti

“Everybody knows Aaron Sorkin's scripts. There's a huge amount of lines. There's a huge amount of interchange. You gotta do a lot of learning to be able to get it up to pace.”

Knows Able Lines Huge Amount Scripts Pace Interchange

Author:Danny Boyle

“There is a Steve [Jobs] that Apple would like to actually present to the public. They have a character, Steve, and they want to keep that story going. And it's very important that writers challenge that occasionally and not just trust their parent companies to tell them.”

Want Important Character Stories Jobs Parent Challenges Company Apples

Author:Danny Boyle

“I find it difficult enough being called "Mr. Boyle," which as I age I'm increasingly called.”

Enough Age Difficult

Author:Danny Boyle

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