My Emmy is in my china closet. People don't really look at it, though. Tammy Blanchard More Quotes by Tammy Blanchard More Quotes From Tammy Blanchard I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid. Tammy Blanchard my-time acting kids I grew up doing stage work as a child and as a teenager, so the stage is my home where I feel most comfortable. Tammy Blanchard teenager home children I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course. Tammy Blanchard garlands leonardo growing-up Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good. Tammy Blanchard playing-someone roles real I just love Bayonne. I love the parks. I love the pizzerias. I love the simple things in life, and its all here. Tammy Blanchard parks things-in-life simple The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was CATS, for my birthday. Tammy Blanchard growing-up cat mother I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it. Tammy Blanchard will back me character I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and all these musicals that bring song and dance and acting all together in a polished way. Tammy Blanchard you dance together song The thing that I really love about film is that it is with you forever - it goes to your children, and they get to see it again and again and have it forever. Tammy Blanchard your you love children I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there. Tammy Blanchard feel me personality work I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do. Tammy Blanchard think me love character I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there! Tammy Blanchard i-was-born city new born The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor. Tammy Blanchard best you trust time I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne. Tammy Blanchard friends seeing community love I just want to do great work: work that inspires people... To know that you are given this gift in life and that you can gift other people with it, that's the most rewarding thing for me. Tammy Blanchard me you work life
