A biography for Carmen Cusackhasn’t been written yet.
“I've had one fall that I kind of hurt my toe pretty badly because I slammed into one of the set pieces. But, you know, you just get up and keep going. The adrenaline's pumping, and you just carry on!”
“Alongside the iconic 'South Pacific,' I absolutely loved working on 'Bright Star' with Steve Martin and Edie Brickell.”
“Just stay present in the moment, and what will come will come.”
“I believe there's no reason why we couldn't be entering a new age of musical theater if we continue to nurture young talent, take risks, and give them a playing field.”
“I grew up in the church. My mother was highly religious. I was singing at the age of five for big congregations.”
“Originating something is what every actor waits for. Usually, those opportunities are offered to people who already have a name.”
“I don't think I've grown up easily.”
“An accent always helps me ground a character. It also helps to remind me what age I'm playing.”
“I've been singing Rodgers and Hammerstein all my life.”
“We will always need to be reminded that we are human. Art gives us that.”
“I'm not a fan of musicals. Never have been.”
“When you do something eight times a week, you fall into those little places where sometimes things can get a bit stagnant. That's why I always welcome a new face on the stage.”
“I didn't get jobs because when I went into the audition, I tried to be somebody else. I had to realize, what I can actually bring to the table is unique. No one else has experienced what I've experienced; no one else has walked in my shoes.”
“Taking the arts out of schools is a terrible mistake.”
“Going to Broadway - then to be invited to the Tonys - I really tap into what that feels like now to fulfill lifetime goals.”
“My mother had people lay hands on me to cast demons out of me when I was 8. Then two or three times when I was in college.”
“'Bright Star' has been designed and the songs have been formulated around the way that I sing. That is the biggest gift of anything.”
“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 love 'South Pacific.' It's got beautiful music. But there have been so many, you know, renditions of this in high school or college productions.”
“I'm just going to do things that I like to do, sing songs that I like to sing.”