Renee Elise Goldsberry Quotes

Acting may be how I've made my living, but music has always been my passion.

Up until I started on YouTube, my first love was musical theater.

I've done some acting and a lot of different things, but mostly it's the music.

I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.

I double majored in English education and theater with a musical theater minor. Teaching is the only thing that makes me as happy as performing.

I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other options. By then, it was too late.

I started out doing theater when I was really young, and I completely fell in love with it. I knew that this was what I wanted to do.

It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.

I don't really want to do movies, but I tried. I don't feel like acting is my thing; I think music is my strong area.

Ever since I was little, Broadway had always been my passion.

I'll be honest: I've never wanted to do anything other than perform.

Ever since I was a kid, I dreamed about working in the theater.

What I've wanted to do my whole life is just act. When I was younger, I loved to entertain people. I always used to make up dance routines, do little plays. I love to perform, basically. Music, as well, is a passion of mine. I've been singing my whole life. I probably annoy people because I sing all the time on the streets. And I play the drums and I play the guitar. I've been writing music since I was 13.

The truth is I love musical theater and always have.

My energy to sing, I get it from my singing. Singing was not a reason to make a living. This is the only thing I wanted to do.

Music is my life - acting's just a hobby.

I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.

I've found that musical theater is my passion.

I had opera training for three years, and I have three albums out. I also did a Broadway show. I'm an actor that sings, so it is in my blood. It is in my system.

I was always a bit of a showgirl; it was in my blood. I never thought I would have a career as a singer, though.

I'm sure my mum was a huge influence on my wanting to be an actress: just seeing her doing it, seeing her love it, caring about it. Invest in something, take it seriously and be so wonderful.

I grew up performing in glee club at my school; I was the ostrich in 'Peter Pan,' and then I was super-involved in church choir and worship leading at my church. So I always loved music and was involved with it, but never really thought it was what I wanted to do until I started writing.

I do create songs and play the guitar. But my focus is definitely on acting. I think, if there's going to be singing involved in my career, it would probably be in musical theater.

I taught a class about the Tony Awards at a summer theater camp the year after I graduated from high school. So, the first time I was nominated for 'Spring Awakening,' it felt like a surreal dream: it was every childhood dream I had come true. It felt like a fairy tale.

Acting is my passion. I can't see myself doing anything else.