Words matter. These are the best Didi Conn Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I love working in the theater.
It’s a phenomenon how ‘Grease’ is so popular; it really is.
I wouldn’t believe there was something ‘wrong’ with my son.
I thought ‘Benson’ was going to be more of an ensemble show. But it was called ‘Benson’ for a reason.
The characters I usually get offered are described as ‘none too bright’ or ‘funny but a little air-brained.’
It doesn’t matter how your child comes to you. I’ve never felt such joy and such love. It’s the most beautiful delicious little thing.
My teachers encouraged me to audition for some professional work during our summer vacation. I landed my first job. It was for the National Theatre Company’s Mimika Pantomime troupe. I ended up touring with them for the next two years.
I think being a Pink Lady, for me, meant that I was in the ‘In Crowd.’ I was one of the cooler kids.
We all want our children to be the best they can be; and one of the blessings of having an autistic child is that you notice every little achievement, and it becomes cause for celebration.
When anything is wrong with your child, your first instinct is to make it better.
The business of working at getting work is pretty intense. But you don’t get the rewards of actually working.
David Shire and I have been happily married for 21 years! We have a 12-year-old son. David is a genius. He writes the most magnificent music and he is a devoted and loving husband and father. I am so blessed!
I was chomping at the bit to get my career started – so after I took all the theater courses at Brooklyn College I enrolled in a two year program at AMDA in the city (The American Musical Dramatic Academy) I was there for 6 months and loved it.
Before ‘Grease,’ John Travolta was a big star from ‘Welcome Back Kotter’… but that’s not where I met him. I met him at unemployment when we first moved to California.
I never knew that I had an unusual voice. It wasn’t something anybody really pointed out to me.
One day, as I was speaking to another mother of a disabled child, I said our secret weapon against this disease is to do all we can without any expectation of results.
I went to Midwood High School in Brooklyn and then to Brooklyn college for 1 1/2 years.
