I do think that there is an almost more old fashioned mentality to the way musical theatre people and actresses especially are treated.

People want to go to a musical to be razzled and dazzled, so to have an opportunity to do a musical that feels serious and moving is exciting to me. Especially since people think of me as a silly, funny person, so I like to be able to show that other side of me.

I do think musical-theater actors can get a bad rap, and I see why. There is a certain slickness - there's nothing better than an amazing musical, but an okay musical can be one of the worst times you've ever had.

I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.

Some people have jobs where other people don’t clap for them. I don’t understand that.

I think there's that weird bastardization where musical theatre actors are treated as almost like vaudevillians or circus performers - that we're somehow not good actors because we sing and dance.

Just because you're a belter doesn't make you funny; it just means that's how your pipes are set up.