Laura Benanti Quotes

I'm never overawed by a situation and I think that's because I've always looked several years older than I am. So because people were treating me like I was 40 when I was 29, I've always felt in control of a situation. People used to say, when you're 32, you'll look 32. I'm still waiting for that moment, where my age catches up with my appearance.

As you know, all women at all ages do not feel their ages anymore. The young girl feels older, and the older woman feels younger.

Usually, I play people who are a lot younger than I am, because people think that I look really young, which I do.

I am only about 26 in my head.

They think that I am a lot younger than I am. Everyone who meets me is always like, “Oh, are you the youngest sister?” “No, I'm older than Hilary.” I think it's just because I have never really played older than myself or even my own age yet.

The thing to know about my brother was that even though he was fifteen, he looked to be about the same age as me. Only, I'm not sure if that was because he looked older or I looked younger. I like to think it was a healthy mixture of both.

I think I've always looked older than I am. I hope that's going to work in my favor when I get older.

There have been times where I have been playing a 16-year-old, and people have been like, 'She still looks 12.' I'm like, 'I'm 22. What do you mean I don't look 16?' So I'm comfortable just rocking my young body.

I'm 77. The only reason I'm ever shy about it is that people tend to think of you in terms of what they think that age is. I certainly don't feel any different than I did when I was 35, and my energy seems to be more than it was then.

I have a really adaptable face, but when I am just being me, people always think I am younger than I am.

I started in television as a youngster and was 14 when I started acting professionally.

Most people say they talk to me and I sound older.

I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.

When I was about 21, everyone thought I was about 30.

I don't feel like a 27-year-old; I feel I am way mature than someone that age.

With my face, everybody always thinks I'm so young, this little guy.

People feel I look younger than my age. I don't feel that way.

I'm at a weird spot because I look so young and I feel young, but I'm not young.

I know that people have their own opinions and they look at what the norm is for people. I look at age as just being a number. In my mind my age is still 28 and I think I have to remember how old I am.

I think I might've turned 39, look like I turned 29, feel like I turned about 19.

Everyone always says it's a blessing to look a lot younger than my age, but sometimes I just want to look my real age.

I think that there are a lot of reasons to be insecure as an actress... But I don’t really have a perception issue. I’ve been pretty good about being who I am in the public’s eye.

I think it's very easy to get caught up and think that how many hits you get in a magazine because you were seen out somewhere has anything to do with a director's opinion of you, and whether they could use you or not.

I don’t think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old. I would have been the last person to stand up and say, ‘I’d like to star in the play.’

I've always looked older.