Gaten Matarazzo Quotes

When I get older, I want to be a Kristin Chenoweth and Sutton Foster - you know how they do all of it? I just want to do anything that has to do with performing.

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

I'd been acting in Chicago since I came back after University, and I got a call from my agent saying, 'They're doing this revival of 'On a Clear Day,' and I actually auditioned when the team came through Chicago for the 'American Idiot' tour.

I would love to go into musicals. I got a chance to sing in 'Big Momma's House,' and that's something I would love to do more. But only in Broadway or in the movies. I don't think I would ever seek a career as a singer.

I sing; I started my career at 9 years old in 'Les Miserables' on Broadway.

Oh God, I would love to do Broadway, but I'm unfortunately not a very good singer.

Musicals are my favorite. I'm a musical theater buff.

I'd like to do Glinda in a movie of 'Wicked.' That'd be my dream.

If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.

I had toured around England endlessly throughout my teens, but when I came to the U.S. to perform on Broadway, that was a huge step.

I was a musical theater kid in high school.

I love 'Into The Woods.' I auditioned for a couple of productions since being in it at school but haven't been successful.

I did start out as an actor. I went to Northwestern; I did musicals. I did plays.

I was in musicals. and I was in the choir when I was younger. Before I started writing my own songs, I thought I wanted to be on Broadway, but it was nothing I ever really pursued.

'Miss Saigon' was my first professional show. It was one of the first regional productions of 'Miss Saigon.'

I did my first musical in 4th grade as Huck Finn. By 11th grade, I was starring in 'Godspell' and 'Pippin' and pretending to be Che in 'Evita' in my bedroom. Singing has always been a huge part of me.

I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star looks. I remember seeing pictures and photos of Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, who were kind of average looking. I said, 'Well, that's for me, then, to go back to New York and try to be in musical comedy on Broadway.'

'Hamilton' is one of the best things I've ever seen on a stage, and for a guy who loves American history, hip-hop and theater, it was pure bliss.

I would love to play Dot in 'Sunday in the Park with George.' It's one of my dream roles - to play Dot.

My parents were in Vaudeville, in musical. And I would tour with them and had a couple of wonderfully lucky breaks in England.

While I was in high school, I saw Sutton Foster in 'Thoroughly Modern Millie,' and she was the one that was most inspiring to me for sure. I saw 'Millie' 6 times in a span of two years or so.

I was in musical theater when I first started, so there was always both acting and singing. But as far as getting a record deal, that took time. The majority of that time, I was acting.

I remember seeing 'Les Miserables' with the original cast - this was in '87 - and I was blown away by it.

My first show in high school was 'The Music Man.' I was a junior. I played Harold Hill. I did the role at the University of Miami, too. I do love that musical. To do it in high school and college and then to do it professionally - I mean, come on!

My dream job would be starring in a lead role on a Broadway musical.