Top 12 Elijah Kelley Quotes

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I saw 'Hairspray' at the Pantages in L.A. It came to th

I saw ‘Hairspray’ at the Pantages in L.A. It came to the Pantages right before I did the movie, and just being in New York sometimes and seeing the marquees and everything like that, I’m like, ‘I really, really have to go experience a Broadway play.’
Elijah Kelley
When I graduated from high school, my mom and dad were saying I needed to go to college, but I said I wanted to pursue my dream of acting. At the end of my high school career, they quit their jobs, and we moved out to California on a leap of faith.
Elijah Kelley
The biggest difference between L.A. and my hometown in Georgia is when Georgia goes to sleep, L.A. wakes up. So, like, in LaGrange, when people are going to sleep at 10, 11 to get up in the morning, we’re just getting dressed to go out.
Elijah Kelley
I can move, but I’ve never background-danced for anybody.
Elijah Kelley
I used to watch people like Raven-Symone and, you know, the Olsens at a young age, and Will Smith and people like that, and just looking at them at a young age on TV. And just thinking to myself, ‘I can do that,’ and questioning why I wasn’t there.
Elijah Kelley
Growing up in Georgia, it was sort of the last place to jump on the bandwagon of the integrated frontier. I have aunts and uncles and grandparents that experienced the ‘whites only’ and segregated schools.
Elijah Kelley
I used to set out and do a film and say, ‘This is going to be the biggest film I’ve ever done.’ But that’s not the right approach. The approach should be the work.
Elijah Kelley
My dream role? I think to play Sammy Davis Jr. and his life story.
Elijah Kelley
I want to be known as a triple threat. I have aspirations to win an Oscar and a Grammy, and I also want to win a Tony. I want to be one of those guys like Frank Sinatra or Sammy Davis Jr. that crossed all those barriers of entertainment.
Elijah Kelley
I grew up in a really small town: LaGrange, Georgia. There weren’t a lot of creative outlets there, so I did local castings.
Elijah Kelley
I can dance – I can dance a little bit. I can move. I don’t – I’m not a – I don’t proclaim to be a dancer, but I can move. But instruments, playing the drums, I probably play the drums better than I walk, better than I do anything.
Elijah Kelley
Doing an animation is nothing like anything you could ever experience. You get to be a kid again and just play dress up in a movie studio.
Elijah Kelley