Helene Yorke

“My brain knows how to learn musical theater dancing, but learning hip-hop? It was so hard for my body to understand how to move in that way.”

“I love doing dramas because it's quiet and focused work.”

“That's a wonderful thing, to take possession of the role that you're playing.”

“I was in 'Grease' on Broadway, toured with 'Wicked,' was off Broadway a couple of times and have been a part of numerous readings and workshops.”

“Andrew Keenan-Bolger was my college roommate for two years. Instead of going to tap class, we'd be in our underwear eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos on our futon watching Paula Deen for hours.”

“That's what I think makes the best anything, is that if something is written to fit a person like a glove, because then everything feels so true.”

“When I first got to the city, I had no money. I was living in Queens amongst boxes and lived in Harlem and didn't have a couch.”

“No one has ever made me as starstruck as Sutton Foster.”

“I got to play with people like Molly Shannon and Wanda Skyes. Going back and forth with people like that is just an extra added boost. Who doesn't want to play catch with Molly Shannon?”

“I've always been an idiot, so doing voices and being a goof has always been a part of who I am.”

“Brooks Ashmanskas - rehearsing and putting on a show can be very stressful and exhausting, but Brooks makes every moment a joyride. His influence taught me to never take myself or what I'm doing too seriously.”

“I don't know how else to say it: I'm a monster.”

“I don't have audition horror stories, I just have situations in which I was made to feel so small. That's the worst of all, because it's really hard to recover from.”

“I went to Westside School of Ballet in L.A. and I was climbing through the ranks. Then I got to pointe shoes and I was like, 'This is not cool, you guys. This is gonna be in textbooks, someday, along with Chinese foot-binding.' Anyway, it's not for me, so I got into doing different kinds of dance.”

“I was crying because I was making my Broadway debut and there's nothing like that. It's the absolute mountaintop for a nerd like me that's loved it forever.”

“I think the conversation about sex is one that never grows old and is one that people are always drawn to.”

“I remember getting to New York and riding the subway in the morning to go to a doctor's appointment, and getting jealous of commuters that were going to their jobs.”

“All people go through moments that are tough, but looking at them through comedy is so fun. You can look at anything in life and say 'Sure, this is crap, but it's kinda funny.'”

“During 'Bullets Over Broadway,' there was a part where we performed the 'play within the play' facing upstage. It was me, Karen Ziemba, Brooks Ashmanskas, and Marin Mazzie. I don't think we got through it properly a single time.”

“When I was 3 years old, my parents put me in ballet and I really thought I was gonna be a ballet dancer for a long time.”