I wasn't a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I'll be happy. Alison Elliott More Quotes by Alison Elliott More Quotes From Alison Elliott I would love to do an all Laura Nyro show. Alison Elliott laura shows Thats one of my problems is that there are so many songs to sing that I sort of get indecisive about what I want to do in a show - because there are so many possibilities! There are so many great songs out there. Alison Elliott problem want song I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a movie star would be a very dangerous place. Alison Elliott playing-dress-up stars jewels I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you dont recognize someone because theyre so lost in the part. Alison Elliott actors lost character I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song. Alison Elliott shows song firsts Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal. Alison Elliott drawing goal attention I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It is something that can grow in you. Alison Elliott lazy feel-good acting It's hard to act in a corset. Your breath gets cut off. You're squashed. Alison Elliott breaths hard cutting A lot of my albums that I've done, a lot of the songs have been the first take. It's before you mess with it too much - you can take away all the spontaneity and the emotion of something by trying to make it sound perfect. Alison Elliott you perfect sound trying