Jennifer Damiano

“I feel like every time I walk into the audition room, they can tell if you're faking it and if your heart's really not with it. So I try to keep it as real as possible.”

“I listen to a lot of indie or rock music.”

“I think it's really easy to just get caught up in what everyone else is doing, so I think the most important thing to remember is to be really strong in your own shoes. That is the main thing for me. The one thing that kind of gets in my way sometimes is when I'm a little too aware of everybody else.”

“I'm so thankful for my one year at regular high school in White Plains.”

“I have worked hard in my career, but I have been lucky as well.”

“I was born in Westchester, NY. I grew up around the Rye Brook area, and then I moved to White Plains with my family.”

“In 'Next to Normal,' I had millions of breakdowns and panic attacks, but nobody ever heard about those.”

“I was, like, this token teen angst child of Broadway. It's so funny. What is that? I don't even know. But I loved it.”

“Twenty-two is just such a random age. It's a little blah.”

“Somewhere during the 'Next to Normal' Broadway run, I found myself learning more about myself onstage than in real life, and I truly realized the beautiful, tremendous, extraordinary gift that is performing.”