Lea Salonga quotes

Lea Salonga is a Filipino actress and singer acclaimed for her powerful voice and remarkable stage presence. International audiences recognize her for originating the lead role in the musical "Miss Saigon" and for providing singing voices in Disney films like "Aladdin" and "Mulan." She continues to inspire people worldwide through her artistry and contributions to musical theater. Here are 24 of her quotes:

I play video games a lot... I love to read... I enjoy spending time with my husband and daughter, who are my most favorite people in the world.

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I want every Filipino woman empowered with information regarding all options available to her regarding family planning.

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I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challenge of learning new material and singing it in front of an audience.

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All the Disney Princess films are iconic and beautiful, so to have been a part of all that was really a wonderful part of my life. Its all fabulous, too, that I have a daughter that appreciates the whole Princess thing.

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There are a lot of actors who wish there was a next play, a next musical. As an actor, I guess that's all I can wish for - the next role, the next opportunity.

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I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a year into 'Miss Saigon,' that I was going to be a performer, that I was going to be singing and acting.

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I pride myself in the fact that in the six months tour of Cinderella, I didn't take one show off.

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The thing about World War II is that everyone knows about the concentration camps in Europe - in Nazi Germany and Poland and Auschwitz and the other camps - but, no one really talks about the camps that were here in the United States.

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When I'm doing a one-on-one with somebody, I have to speak in a language that that person can understand, using a vocabulary that they instantly get, and I always have to feel my way around to figure that out. It's a lot of fun, and it's also really challenging - challenging in a different way from performing.

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I just refuse to date actors. I've done that, and I don't want to do that anymore. It's just the stress of traveling and being away from each other so much.

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I think that if an audience is truly appreciative of a performance, they will show it. Sometimes though, there are little differences, and there are audiences that are very reserved even though they are enjoying the show.

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In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is sung from beginning to end, including the recitative.

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I was doing TV work, theatre work, and some film work in the Philippines when I left.

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I have no inner monologue.

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It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it?

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I took some voice lessons here and there as a teenager but nothing too serious. I started taking it more seriously when I was in Miss Saigon. I needed to improve my technique in order to survive doing that show as many time a week as I was doing it. It's not an easy show to sing, so I needed all the help I could get.

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I have a half-brother who is very, very, very gay, many cousins, best friends who are all members of the LGBT community, and for me to not say anything would be hypocritical. There is a lot of prejudice. People think it is abnormal. No, it's just another normal.

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I can't be an ingenue forever, and I wouldn't want to be.

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I don't think I would've been performing this long if I didn't love it sincerely to the degree that I do. It's not enough to like it. Dilettantes like things. Professionals love things and I consider myself a professional.

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I would love to do some straight drama. A lot of times it's not up to the actor, it's up to the producer. It's up to the powers that be.

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I'd love to do just straight theatre. I'd love to do film and television, too.

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