Carmen Ejogo Quotes

I always wanted to act and sing, but my first love was ballet.

It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved.

My first job was in pantomime; I was a chorus girl in 'Dick Whittington' at 16. I got the part by ringing the director daily to see if anyone had dropped out, and it paid off eventually, when I was cast as a rat!

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

I am most passionate about dancing and acting, so performing was my focus, always. Even before I was old enough to be serious about it, I was always meddling with things - dancing all over the place and performing for my family.

If you looked at my music collection and saw an album that was a soundtrack to a musical, it's probably because I had bought it to learn the music so I could go and audition.

I've always liked musical theater, and getting to do stuff like that where I can just dance around and just be crazy is just super fun.

I used to sing when I was into local theatre but gave it up to concentrate on dance.

I went to a performing arts school, and we studied musical theater, jazz vocal performance, and they kind of start you out on those things because they feel like it is a good foundation, and it was.

I auditioned for a play in fifth grade, and that's when I knew that I wanted to be a singer and performer.

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.

I've always known that I wanted to sing, and I wanted to dance, and I wanted to act.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

First, I started taking dance classes, and then I started taking singing lessons. Then my mom put me into a year-round theatre program where I did seven shows.

I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.

I love working with talented young performers.

I sing and dance. That's my job.

I was introduced to theater by a teacher that found me when I was in elementary school. She tested me for the Gifted and Talented program, started taking me to see the 'Nutcracker Ballet.' I got involved.

I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City.

Back in the Stone Age, before there were workshops, it was a very difficult idea to get into musical theatre. Normally, you would be a chorus girl or boy and write something. People would get their start as rehearsal pianists or dance assistants.

Someone told me about drama schools, and they seemed like mythological places - you can really go and be in drama classes all day? I inadvertently entered into this world where people wore bicycle clips and did song-and-dance routines in the corridors.

I did a lot of musical theater when I was younger, and I really hope to get back there someday. I miss singing a lot. I listen to Broadway show tunes in my car and sing along to them.

There probably aren't a lot of actors my age who tap dance.

Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that.

Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.