Jessica Pare Quotes

I was nervous about doing 'Scottsboro Boys' because I'm not a trained dancer, and there is a lot of very athletic dancing involved.

I'm having a ball on 'Glee.' It's a joy to be working there - the whole cast is so talented.

I love dancing just because I've done it my whole life and it's definitely what I want to do. I feel like, I want to train with acting and do movies. Those two are my main priorities. I definitely want to be able to sing and model, too. I definitely love those, too.

You have to be ready to sing and perform at any time.

I danced with the London Festival at Covent Garden. I'm a ballerina by trade; I'm a ballerina who sings by the way.

I was a Russian dancer in my elementary school production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' when I was in third grade or fourth grade. I was one of the younger kids accepted into the play, and the plays were pretty impressive, let me say.

My dream role would be anything where I get to tap-dance.

I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes.

I was in 'Rent,' for God's sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.

I've always loved Broadway, but I never thought I'd actually do it because I was never a full Broadway dancer. And I don't have a big, booming voice.

I am always happy to use my song and dance training.

The only thing I have never done is a Broadway play. I'm not sure I have the discipline necessary to do a Broadway play. I know it holds a fascination for certain actors.

I wish I was more of a song-and-dance girl. I sang in a show once. I wish I could be in 'Hair.'

When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.

I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, 'Yes, sir. No, sir.'

It might be odd for people to hear this, but honestly, you know, when you're on stage, I don't think people realize how grueling eight shows a week is. And as far as jobs go, being a Broadway actor, it's hard. It's fun, but it's hard.

I would like to do some musicals.

I want to be in a musical. I love music, and just to be able to mash the music and the acting together, it would be just incredible.

The very first show I did was 'Fame L.A.' Everyone had talent... it was either dancing or acting or something like that. I was a singer, so I got my first role.

If a movie musical came along and the part was right and somebody wanted me to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat.

I would do a musical, but I can't sing.

I'm not a song and dance man, so you're not going to see me on 'Glee' anytime soon. If you want that show to continue, keep me far away from it.

I'd love to do a musical one day - a theatre musical.

I would love to do a play, but I don't know about musical theatre. I've never done anything like that.

I never walked the streets of New York hoping to be a musical comedy star. For one thing, they would have thought I was too tall, because l was five feet eight and a half, and they were all little bitty things running around in the studio at that time.