Words matter. These are the best Jasmine Cephas Jones Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I went to school for singing, middle school at LaGuardia High School. Followed by Berkeley College of Music and afterwards I went to acting school at the Neighborhood Playhouse for Theater.
You have these people that fight wars for their country, and then they come home and they need to attend to their mental health, and they can’t get a job. That’s a real thing.
I’m still a woman of color in this business and there are times when you still have to walk through extra doors and have extra things to prove.
Speaking my truth. I think that’s the number one thing, man. That’s my 2018 mantra. Speak your truth, because you hold all that in, it’s going to destroy you.
You hope to be a part of something that makes you a better artist when you leave.
I love being on Broadway and it’s awesome and a dream come true but also it’s about the work and making sure you’re doing what you’re doing right.
I grew up being that kid backstage doing my math homework and my father made sure I knew from everybody in the cast to the lighting people and to respect everyone in the theater and all the way down to the janitor. It’s a part of my childhood. It’s what I know really.
I would tell my younger self not to change for anyone. There’s only one you, which makes you unique.
It’s amazing what art can do.
Writing ‘Blue Bird’ gave me strength, courage, and power from my own words and melodies in a time when I needed it the most.
In ‘Blindspotting’ I play a girl from Oakland, I’ve got an accent, I’ve got long, ’90s ‘Poetic Justice’ braids, and in ‘Monsters and Men’ I play a girl from Brooklyn.
Oh my God, when I auditioned for ‘Hamilton,’ I kept messing up the words to ‘Say No To This.’
I took my dad’s name to carry on his legacy because acting feels like something I’m meant to do. I want to try everything.
That theater community that comes with acting and being in the theater is second nature to me. It’s in my blood.
It’s inspiring to play a woman who stands up for herself.
Ever since I did ‘Hamilton’ I’m really specific with the projects that I choose and the characters I choose and how they’re portrayed. I was meaningful with my craft before, but I think after doing something that can change people, the direction in how I go within this business has changed too.
Sometimes, you go into an audition, and sometimes you’re just not on it completely 100 percent.
My dad, he’s a great father, but he’s also been one of my mentors.
I like to be comfortable.
I’m constantly working on music.
Sometimes you get the luxury of having a script for a really long time, and you can get to talk with the director or the producers, and evolve with the role.
When you’re constantly stuck in your comfort zone, it means you’re not growing.
I’ve lived in the same apartment since seventh grade. It’s in my name now; my mom moved upstate.
Hamilton’ has changed my life in so many ways. I really do have a family from that show. The people that I shared that stage with every night- they mean so much to me and they’re so special and so talented. I’m just a fan of every single one of them and it was an honor to share that stage with them.
You have to try things! You have to jump off the edge and run through your fear.
I look up to my parents because they were both following their dreams. But I also know the heartache and I saw how hard it is and that you really, really gotta love what you do.
My mom lives on a mountain in the Catskills.
Get creative with your friends and just make stuff because you never know where it can end up.
My father would take me to auditions and put me in the room right in the corner because he was watching me; he couldn’t get a babysitter. He’d be at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the LES until four in the morning, trying to tell his story and using his craft, but because he had a kid that didn’t let him stop.
A lot of the magic is off-Broadway.
