Donna Lynne Champlin Quotes

Donna Lynne Champlin
American Actress
Born: Jan 21, 1971
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The people who succeed are those who are aware of the rules; they respect the rules. But they make up their own rules. They create for creative sake. Donna Lynne Champlin
Respect Creative People Own Rules Those Make Make Up Sake Up Succeed Create Who Aware
About six months after I moved to New York City, I was literally down to my last twenty dollars when a friend of mine from college got me a job at an Upper East side gym. I ran the cafe, and I was the janitor. It was an unfortunate combination of duties, to say the least. Donna Lynne Champlin
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My first job ever was selling balloons with my brother at parades when I was about six years old. My father wanted us to learn about money, how to make it, save it, spend it, etc. Donna Lynne Champlin
Money Old Father Job First Spend Parades Brother About First Job Make Learn How Balloons Years Selling Six Wanted Etc Us Ever Save
No matter who you are, and no matter what you've accomplished, I have yet to meet someone who doesn't still feel like they're banging their head against some wall over something in their way. Donna Lynne Champlin
You Matter Meet Way Some Someone Something Head Feel Over Like Still Accomplished Wall Banging Against Who
I don't usually see my type for on-camera stuff as a series regular. Normally, my type is the janitor, the secretary, the cop, or the nurse. Donna Lynne Champlin
Nurse Type Secretary See Stuff Normally Janitor Regular Series Cop
One of the most amazing things about 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' is that every song is an original. There are no covers. I think 'Glee' had to deal with forcing covers into their plotlines. That can be difficult to pull off. Donna Lynne Champlin
Crazy Song Amazing Forcing Difficult Every Think About Had Glee Most Most Amazing Deal Amazing Things Covers Off Original Things Pull
When Melissa McCarthy came out with 'Bridesmaids,' all of a sudden you saw a plus-sized woman who had three dimensions, was not an appendage, was pivotal to the plot. Donna Lynne Champlin
You Woman Three Saw Melissa Dimensions Out Plot Had Came McCarthy Pivotal Who Bridesmaids Sudden
The difficult thing with mental illness is that there's no one to blame. You can't blame a person who's mentally ill, because they didn't ask for it! There's no choice to it. Donna Lynne Champlin
You Blame Difficult No Choice Mental Mental Illness Mentally No-One Because Person Ask Choice Ill Illness Thing Difficult Thing
I think with 'Hamilton,' Lin-Manuel has really blown up the whole casting idea. It's miraculous. You look at '1776,' it's a bunch of old white guys and old white chicks. You look at 'Hamilton,' and it's just the faces of America. Donna Lynne Champlin
You Old White Think Miraculous Faces Guys Casting Idea Look Hamilton Up Chicks Bunch America Blown Just Really Whole
I've become accustomed to not being cast for television and film because of how I look. Donna Lynne Champlin
Become Television Cast Look Because How Accustomed Being Film
I've had a lot of therapy in my life. Donna Lynne Champlin
Life My Life Had Lot Therapy
Phyllida Lloyd is probably the sweetest person on the planet. Donna Lynne Champlin
Person Planet Sweetest
I am actually a soprano. No one knows this. Donna Lynne Champlin
No-One Soprano Knows Am Actually
The schedule on TV is crazy. You could not work for two days but then work from 4 A.M. to 1 A.M. the next day. I definitely wanted more family time. Donna Lynne Champlin
Work Time Day Family Crazy You Definitely TV More Schedule Could Days Wanted Then Next Two
The toughest thing for me is doing on-camera stuff as a comedian. Donna Lynne Champlin
Me Toughest Stuff Comedian Doing Thing
It's very limited what women who look like me can do on television. You don't often see 'my type' on television unless she's a sidekick - certainly not a three-dimensional series regular who is pertinent to the plot. Donna Lynne Champlin
Me You Women Type Sidekick Unless Television Plot See Three-Dimensional Like Look She Limited Very Often Regular Pertinent Certainly Who Series
To this day, I am so grateful I grew up in Rochester, New York. Donna Lynne Champlin
Day Grateful New Rochester Am Up York New York Grew
My brother Mike is the hardest working person I know. Donna Lynne Champlin
Brother Know Person Mike Working Hardest
I was a judge for the 2014 NYMF season. I've done it for a few years. They send you a certain amount of scripts and scores, and you rank them. Donna Lynne Champlin
You Judge Few Rank Years Scores Send Done Scripts Them Certain Season Amount
There's pre-production, and the second part is when you start rehearsal. Pre-production was a very large learning curve for me. Donna Lynne Champlin
Me You Learning Part Learning Curve Pre-Production Very Curve Rehearsal Large Start Second

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