My family in St. Louis brings me to my roots. Phyllis Smith More Quotes by Phyllis Smith More Quotes From Phyllis Smith Everybody wants to shine a little bit, even a wallflower. Phyllis Smith shiningwantlittles As a dancer, one of my many teachers along the way made the comment that who I was onstage and who I was off were two totally different people. Phyllis Smith teachertwopeople IMDB's not the most accurate. Even my birth place and my age are wrong there. Phyllis Smith birth-placebirthage In my heart, my first desire was to be a dancer. I always wanted to dance and I danced from the time I was 7 till I was well into my 30s. Phyllis Smith dancerdesireheart Well, I think that in every character there are little bits and pieces of yourself. Phyllis Smith piecescharacterthinking If you look at the character of Sadness, they really nailed my eyebrows. Phyllis Smith lookyousadnesscharacter Just go for it. Don't be afraid of trying new things. You have absolutely no idea what's going to present itself to you. Don't be frightened. Just buckle down and do whatever your heart desires. Phyllis Smith downyounew-thingsheart I grew up when Disney was doing movies like Cinderella, and all the girls were princesses. Phyllis Smith moviesdoinglikeup I once prayed when struggling financially and worried how I was going to be able to assist my parents in their latter years living thousands of miles away, to help me win the lottery or something. And I did win the lottery, just in a different and better way. Phyllis Smith parentsbetterwinme When I was little, my mom would dress me up and take me downtown on the Carondelet bus, which in itself was exciting. We would go to see Santa Claus at Famous-Barr. The decorations were so pretty. The line was long, but that just gave me more time to enjoy Santa's Toyland. I loved every minute of it. Phyllis Smith dressmetimelong God truly had a better plan for me than I had imagined. You never know what life has in store. Phyllis Smith meyougodlife I didn't want Sadness to be just one note. Phyllis Smith justjust-onesadnesswant One day, I was taken into a room with 25 animators, all working on Sadness. They asked me a lot of questions, and they got something of the way I move into the character. Phyllis Smith daymesadnesscharacter Generally, I'm not sad. I mean, everyone has sad moments. Phyllis Smith everyonesadmomentsmean We're not whole people if we're just one emotion. On any given day, you can be happy, sad, angry, and so on... As you mature, you just learn to deal with each one of those emotions. Phyllis Smith be-happydayyousad I do like comedy and drama. Phyllis Smith likecomedydrama Hopefully, 'Inside Out' will have the longevity that those older movies have, and many years down the line, people will be able to watch it and find some kinship with it. Phyllis Smith moviesdownwillpeople My love for dance was so strong. Phyllis Smith dancestronglove If I wasn't going to be able to dance professionally, I wasn't going to dance. That's my all-or nothing personality coming out. Phyllis Smith comingnothingdancepersonality The discipline as a dancer carried over into my life. Phyllis Smith my-lifeoverdisciplinelife
