Lilla Crawford Quotes

I want to be like Sutton Foster, Kristin Chenoweth or Anne Hathaway and do everything 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.

Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.

My mom took me to see 'Annie' on Broadway when I was little, and I just wanted to be doing what those girls were doing.

I would love to be in musical theater and be on Broadway. If someone were to offer me a position to do something like that, I wouldnt pass it down. Im a huge fan of musicals and I really want to do that.

I really wanted to be a Broadway kid.

I wanted to be a Broadway star.

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.'

When I was growing up in the Isle of Man with ambitions of being a performer, I really wanted to go to see a Broadway show.

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

I'm an actor. I started as an actor. I started on Broadway doing 'Hair' and Shakespeare in the Park.

I wish I was more of a song-and-dance girl. I sang in a show once. I wish I could be in 'Hair.'

I want to be back on Broadway one day. That's a dream of mine. There's nothing like live theater, and I think it's so important for me to be able to be on stage with an audience that responds.

I was in New York doing musicals in the theater and on Broadway before 'Orange,' so people always ask, 'Are you ever going to get to sing? Does she even sing?' But people who know me know I actually do sing.

My passion was to be on Broadway and to be part of this community because I saw what it was like from the outside as the young kid in and around New York, and I would see things like the 'Easter Bonnet' or 'Broadway Bares,' things I would sneak into.

I didn't really start performing until high school. My whole family is actually in the business, and started in the business in Chicago, so I was going to shows when I was a teeny-tiny kid, but I didn't really start performing until high school.

My childhood dream was always to be on Broadway. I wanted to end up in TV and film. It's kind of flipped, and I'm not mad about it, but my childhood dream is Broadway and I want to end up there.

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.

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.

I really would like to be on Broadway someday.

I should be on Broadway. You have to sing, you have to dance, you have to speak well, and I'm good at all of those!

Every day of my life, I wish I was on Broadway. It's my favorite place. It's my heart; it's my soul.

When I was younger, all I wanted to do was be a singer, and then I got into a great acting class in New York and became obsessed with that.

Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.