21 Kelli O'Hara Quotes for You to Enjoy

Kelli O'Hara

American Actress

Born: Apr 16, 1976

Been Family Life Me Singing You

It's always hard - it's a little counterintuitive to leave your baby at any point during the infancy. Kelli O'Hara

Baby Point Always Leave Infancy Any Little Your Hard

I was able to do concerts all the way up until two weeks before I had the baby; I thought I was stopping a month ahead, but he was three weeks early. Kelli O'Hara

Ahead Thought Three Before Baby Month Way Able Weeks Had He Until Concerts Up Stopping Early Two Two Weeks

I'm proud to be Irish. Kelli O'Hara

Proud Irish

The 'Carousel' overture has always been one of my all-time favorite pieces of music. Kelli O'Hara

Music Carousel Favorite All-Time Pieces Always Been

The hardest role that I've ever tried to play was Clara Johnson in 'Light in the Piazza' at Lincoln Center. It was the least fun I've ever had, but the most beautiful experience I've ever had. I could not understand her. I could not put my feet in her shoes. I came home every night, and I was depressed. Kelli O'Hara

Beautiful Home Experience Light Most Beautiful Shoes Every Tried I Came Johnson Could Had Put Feet Most Understand Least Lincoln Came Role Center Depressed Fun Ever Play Hardest Her Every Night Night

There is such a cliche to certain roles that all I can do is to try to make them realistic and work for the times, and so the audience actually won't see me as a caricature of something, but rather as an actual person. Kelli O'Hara

Work Me Try Realistic Caricature I Can See Something Rather Make Cliche Audience Times Person Roles Them Certain Actual Actually

I love playing an ingenue, and I love doing revivals, and I will continue to do that. Kelli O'Hara

Love Will I Love Doing Continue Ingenue Playing

I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn't want to continue opera because I wanted to act. Kelli O'Hara

Opera Sing Because Continue Want Wanted Loved Act

To play a character is to inhabit the world and the life of that character. Kelli O'Hara

Life Character World Inhabit Play

When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions become necessary, when they aren't camp, that, to me, is magic. I've done musical comedies and enjoyed them, but subject matter that's deeper and more realistic is always what's appealed to me most. Kelli O'Hara

Funny Me You Song Matter Become Realistic Musical Those Easier Out Magic More Step Most Comedies Make Always Subject Subject Matter Camp Done Them Transitions Appealed Deeper Thing Enjoyed Necessary

With a revival, you're compared to somebody else. Kelli O'Hara

You Somebody Else Revival Compared

I don't read reviews, because if you believe the good ones, you have to believe the bad. Kelli O'Hara

Good You Believe Bad Good Ones Read Because Reviews

You breathe fast when you're scared. Kelli O'Hara

You Scared Breathe Fast

I feel so rich in my emotions and in my life and so grateful when I'm home and so grateful when I'm at work. Kelli O'Hara

Life Work Home Grateful Emotions My Life Rich I Feel Feel

Corned beef and cabbage - that's our favorite holiday meal when all the O' Haras gather around the table. Kelli O'Hara

Meal Our Favorite Table Cabbage Around Beef Holiday Gather

By no means, I can't sing any rock and roll. Kelli O'Hara

Sing Rock Rock And Roll Roll Any Means

We didn't have a lot of live theater in Oklahoma. I didn't visit New York when I was growing up. I watched movie musicals, and I believed in an idealistic, idyllic version of Broadway. Kelli O'Hara