Jennifer Damiano

“I didn't think it was my dream to be on Broadway; it just sort of became that, and then it just became me wanting it more and more and more.”

“When you put the musical in front of an audience, you get to see how the audience reacts.”

“I was feeling like a real misfit in middle school, but when I saw 'Wicked,' it made me feel really cool for being different... and you can carve that in stone!”

“There's no better feeling than being on a Broadway stage for me.”

“I did commercials and voice-overs as a kid, and it just lead to musical theatre opportunities.”

“'The Next Ten Minutes' from 'The Last Five Years' is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.”

“I was totally all about the American Girl dolls when I was little - I had so many.”

“Every night, I'm like, 'Where's the party?' and then it cuts to me on the couch with the remote control watching repeats of 'That '70s Show' and 'Boy Meets World.'”

“I was pretty new to the Broadway world once I began working in it. I hadn't really grown up being too aware of that many shows or that many actors in shows. I was always obsessed with Judy Garland, though.”

“I think my great-grandpa was an opera singer or something.”

“I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun.”

“A lot of teenagers have parents that are maybe a little too real with them.”

“I've never been involved in something where people cared about my personal life and the gossip of it!”

“Female artists I love the most are Fiona Apple, Paramour and Regina Spektor - those girls that really write amazing songs themselves, and they're younger and cool. I'm not quite sure I could ever write songs like any of them, but if I could, I would.”

“I'm always trying to convince myself there's something important about what I do. But some peoples' lives are really altered by a night at the theater.”

“I legit can not parallel park. This is no joke!”

“I'm really excited about the revolution that is young people actually playing young people on Broadway.”

“You have to learn how to take care of yourself.”

“I feel like it's important, especially at young age, to find exactly what it is that makes your style so important as opposed to just trying to fit into the iconic styles of performers out there.”

“I can now put 'experienced aerialist' on my resume.”