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Annaleigh Ashford

Profession : Actress

Birth : June 25, 1985

Donna Summer was one of the strongest female singers in pop music. She was very underrated as a vocalist and a writer, and her songbook is just outrageous.

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We actually found some home videos, some really funny footage of me when I was around 3 years old. I come up to the camera to do a Nixon impression. I don't know who taught me that, but I come up to the camera and said, 'I am not a crook.' I got a really good laugh. You see me register that bringing joy to people is a positive thing.

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I feel that since I was a little, little person, I knew that one of my life goals was to tell stories and bring joy to people.

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There are certain performers that the gay community receives and recognizes with love, and my whole life, I've always responded to those same artists.

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You have to be so honest in comedy.

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In the comedy world, there's always been one woman to five men. I think that's changing, that we're being respected more as writers and comedians.

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I just hope to tell stories that help change people's minds about loving and accepting others. And one of the best ways we can do that is through laughter.

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There's no better gift to an actor than when you walk into an audition, and the casting director is your partner.

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Even as a little kid, I just loved to make my own music. So I loved singing, and I loved sharing it because it was a way to connect to people.

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Theater was just what I was supposed to do.

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It's very unusual to be playing something other than human.

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Even though technically the fundamentals of acting are always the same in every medium, what's different is the size.

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On camera, the audience can see your eyes close up - they can see behind your eyes - and when you're on stage, you need to make sure that the person sitting in the back row can feel what's happening behind your eyes, even if they can't see them. Having a live audience is exhilarating and exciting all on its own, but you know, it is quite different.

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As an actor, you have times that are bustling, and then you have the quieter, slower times. I definitely had some of those.

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I dreamed my whole life of New York being my home.

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If you can change your mind, you can change the world!

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In the late 1950s, the woman's place in society was second-class.

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