'The Next Ten Minutes' from 'The Last Five Years' is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Jennifer Damiano More Quotes by Jennifer Damiano More Quotes From 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. Jennifer Damiano real heart trying 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. Jennifer Damiano always-trying important night I was totally all about the American Girl dolls when I was little - I had so many. Jennifer Damiano dolls girl littles 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. Jennifer Damiano girl writing song 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. Jennifer Damiano teen loved child funny In 'Next to Normal,' I had millions of breakdowns and panic attacks, but nobody ever heard about those. Jennifer Damiano nobody about next normal There's no better feeling than being on a Broadway stage for me. Jennifer Damiano feeling better me stage I'm so thankful for my one year at regular high school in White Plains. Jennifer Damiano high-school white thankful school I'm really excited about the revolution that is young people actually playing young people on Broadway. Jennifer Damiano excited revolution young people I was always singing around my house, and my parents thought they should put me into voice lessons just for fun. Jennifer Damiano parents me singing voice I did commercials and voice-overs as a kid, and it just lead to musical theatre opportunities. Jennifer Damiano opportunities just kid theatre 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. Jennifer Damiano feel style important age 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. Jennifer Damiano me shoes remember sometimes I was born in Westchester, NY. I grew up around the Rye Brook area, and then I moved to White Plains with my family. Jennifer Damiano i-was-born born family white 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. Jennifer Damiano new being always world I listen to a lot of indie or rock music. Jennifer Damiano listen rock rock-music music Twenty-two is just such a random age. It's a little blah. Jennifer Damiano random little just age I've never been involved in something where people cared about my personal life and the gossip of it! Jennifer Damiano never gossip life people You have to learn how to take care of yourself. Jennifer Damiano yourself you take-care care When you put the musical in front of an audience, you get to see how the audience reacts. Jennifer Damiano how see you audience
