Jonathan Groff Quotes

I've always wanted to be a live singer and have dance be the complement.

I have more than one side of me that likes to get out on a stage and sing.

I love to sing! To be in a movie with musical number is the coolest thing ever!

Musical shows are really popular because there are lots of talented kids out there that can sing and dance.

I know some of those 'Glee' people, and they can really sing! I wish we could hear them live, because I know some of them and they can really sing like nobody's business.

Beyonce is incredibly talented - gifted, in fact. She has an exceptional set of pipes and can actually sing. She is a terrific dancer - without the explicit moves best left for the privacy of her bedroom.

I've been performing since I was very little, about three years old. I was inspired at first by the MTV artists of the '80s and started putting on 'shows' in the apartment, most of them set to Michael Jackson's 'Bad' album. In my mind, there was a full lighting rig behind me... but it was just a couch.

As far back as I can remember, I wanted to dance, sing and perform.

Being a dancer and a singer gave me some advantage with regards to having a stage presence. I always take my timing from the audience because they are half of my act.

A lot of people know that I danced, but I also sang.

Once you're in a musical, there is a huge opportunity for that, singing and dancing, 'Aha!' and 'Tada' at the end of the numbers; but it's a different kind of discipline you have to go through to maintain that kind of performance.

Whether it's dance or action, what's important is hand and body co-ordination. When you are a good dancer then automatically while performing action, the co-ordination is that much easier.

I found out my limit. I'm not a singer and a dancer.

I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer.

'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.

I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.

Unless the clients want, I don't like to have dancers for my shows. I prefer a rock show look and like performing with a live band.

I think that of musicals - especially the big, splashy ones - require an actor that's also part cheerleader, too, and that's really tough to do if it's not something that really grabs you and your heart's not in it.

I'm a singer who moves like a dancer.

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

The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists.

I can't dance and I can't sing too well.

I still sing, but completely for my own pleasure. I play a nightclub singer in 'Sparkle,' but I'd like to pursue it a bit more. I sang at a friend's 60th at Claridge's the other month; I did 'Baby It's Cold Outside' with the actor Hilton McRae, and 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.'

I grew up singing since the age of three. Vocally trained since the age of eight. Fascinated by Mary Poppins and all those musical movies and really knew that I wanted to be a performer.

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