33 Annaleigh Ashford Quotes for You to Enjoy

Annaleigh Ashford

American Actress

Born: Jun 25, 1985

Always Love Me People Think You

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I come from a family of educators. Annaleigh Ashford

Family Come Educators

On camera, the audience can see your eyes close up - they can see behind your eyes - and when you're on stage, you need to make sure that the person sitting in the back row can feel what's happening behind your eyes, even if they can't see them. Having a live audience is exhilarating and exciting all on its own, but you know, it is quite different. Annaleigh Ashford

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My very first scene on camera for anything was with Sarah Jessica Parker in the 'Sex and the City' movie, and she couldn't have been more lovely and beautiful and kind, and on top of that, she's just a killer actress. Annaleigh Ashford

As an actor, you have times that are bustling, and then you have the quieter, slower times. I definitely had some of those. Annaleigh Ashford

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If you can change your mind, you can change the world! Annaleigh Ashford

You Change World Mind Change The World Your

In the late 1950s, the woman's place in society was second-class. Annaleigh Ashford

Woman Society Late Place Second-Class

I'll be, like, grocery shopping or doing something totally mundane, and once a day, you'll hear a Cyndi Lauper song on the radio. It is astounding what an icon she is, not just in popular music but in popular culture. Annaleigh Ashford

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I love finding ways to make familiar characters into someone unique. Annaleigh Ashford

Love Ways Characters Finding Someone Make Familiar Unique

In 'Kinky Boots,' I looked for moments to be bold, showing Lauren's gutsiness and smarts. She's a little bit kooky now, too, and I love me some kooky. Annaleigh Ashford

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I loved reading 'Anne of Green Gables' and 'Little Women' and Jane Austen. Those were times when people really did have only one true love in their life. Annaleigh Ashford

I'm a modern girl with old-fashioned sensibilities. Annaleigh Ashford

Girl Modern Sensibilities Old-Fashioned

I think no matter what you are going to pursue, if you pursue it like it's the most important thing, then everything else will be lost. And at the end of the day, when it's time to evaluate the path that you chose for your life, there has to be something more. Annaleigh Ashford

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This is magic - the people of Broadway. There's nothing better! Annaleigh Ashford

People Better Nothing Broadway Magic

We don't often talk about the quarter-life crisis, but it is a real thing. Annaleigh Ashford

Crisis About Talk Real Often Real Thing Thing

I started performing non-professionally at birthday parties and family gatherings doing 'Saturday Night Live' impressions at four. Then I started for real at seven. Annaleigh Ashford

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Sometimes in a big theatre, you have about, probably, six yards sometimes between you and the first person in the audience. It's almost like you've got to jump across a little pond to get there and then keep moving. Annaleigh Ashford

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Since I was a little girl, I've collected ladybugs. Not real ones - I never had a weird ladybug farm! Annaleigh Ashford

Girl Farm Collected Never Had Weird Since Real Little Little Girl

As an actor, I always think that if someone does pick up a phone during a performance, something dire must be happening in their lives that is more important than theatre - some kind of tragedy they were attending to, or something. It's very uncomfortable if you don't know why they would pick up a phone and talk in the middle of a show. Annaleigh Ashford

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