Lea Salonga Quotes

I see myself as an actor with a love of music.

What I love is a good role. In the theatre, there is just a canon of extraordinary roles, the quality of character is amazing, but I also love working in front of a camera. It was the first one for me; as a kid I was in front of a camera. I feel at home.

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and an actor. Most people know me as a singer, but I am also an actor.

I love acting so much that I don't want to give that up.

I knew acting was what I wanted to do. I don't know if I was brilliant at it, but when I was doing school plays, I loved it so much I didn't want it to end. I feel like I'm exactly the same as when I was doing plays at school, to be honest.

Acting is a very important thing for me, and I love doing it. But when I'm acting, I spend 14 hours a day and months a time being someone else. When I'm singing, I just get to be me.

I love actors, and I love good acting. I love what actors do when they're good, and I'm a big acting fan.

My first audition ever was for 'Bye Bye Birdie' in fifth grade.

I was very interested in acting as a kid. I loved to perform.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.

I think the most important thing for an actor is reading the script and trying to figure out if you can play that character well. The last thing on my mind is if the director made good movies previously. It's not my job to know if that director's last movie was any good - it's my job to know if I can play the role.

I never did drama in high school or anything like that. I just kind of fell into it after college, and I pursued it on my own.

I think you have to be careful not to do too much as yourself. Otherwise you stop getting the acting roles, and at the end of the day that's what I love.

I got started as an actress doing musical theater, and I always loved 'Grease' and 'West Side Story,' and all those kind of movies.

It's very good for me to remember what actors go through.

I had been singing all my life, but I started acting in high school.

I would love to play Bobby in 'Company.' Also, I would love to play George in 'Sunday.'

Acting has been really good me. You end up in some wild places, and I love adventure.

Acting truly is a love of mine.

Drama is my sweet spot, but the thing about being an actor is that you want to do a variety of things. I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.

One of these days in the next 10 years, I will play 'Evita.' I don't know when or where, but I love 'Evita', especially with all my Latin and Spanish studies. It's a very demanding role but I'd love to play it.

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.