Elena Roger Quotes

I didn't want to be stuck in Dickens period dramas because then I would never know if I was any good.

I would really love to do a musical, I don't know in what capacity but something funny.

As an actor, I am meant to dabble with different themes and genres.

I'm an actor who appreciates direction.

That whole world of musical theater was my first love. It's where I wanted to be when I was three years old.

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

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

The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much.

Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought.

I learn the lines and pray to God.

I'm not used to being asked what I want to talk about. That's why I'm an actress. Get told what to do, stand on the mark, say your words, wear this, look this way, look that way.

I really loved to sing all the time, and I was constantly entertaining. Finally, my dad saw an article in the local newspaper in Phoenix, and it was for a children's theater, an audition for 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.'

The wonderful drama teacher at my high school, Barbara Patterson, saw me standing in the hall and told me I should audition for 'West Side Story.' I guess she thought I looked like a gang member.

Actors have to be there and do the work, and that's enough.

There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.

If a movie musical came along and the part was right and somebody wanted me to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat.

I started off in musical theater, yeah. It was one of my first jobs; it was in Spring Awakening in London, which was amazing.

As an actor, you can do everything. I grew up in the theater, and you could do a musical, a comedy, a tragedy.

My take is that every character requires a different character to be cast.

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 take musical theater seriously.

Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.

Whether it's animated, whether it's live-action, whether it's Broadway, whether it's television, a musical is a musical is a musical. So, pretty much, you approach the songs in pretty much the same way.

I'm an actor's director.