Top 35 Phillipa Soo Quotes

I read ‘Backstage’ a lot when I first was unleashed into the world from drama school. And what was great about it was that if I was using it or not, it was just nice to know what was happening in my community.

I will say, I can definitely throw down a sick beat once in a while and provide an amazing backup track for somebody who can really, actually freestyle.

I wake up around nine, drink a cup of coffee, answer some emails, and ease myself into the day.

At night, I’ll do coconut oil or almond oil on my face as a mask to replenish my skin. I’ve found those are so simple but work better than any other product. Coconut oil is so good, but if you don’t want to smell like a cookie, sweet almond oil isn’t as pungent.

Now, when building a show, I ask myself the question – like, ‘Jumping off this table will be really cool, but can I do that eight times a week?’.

There was a saying going around the theatre: It’s a train, and you can jump on at any point whether you’re a lover of musical theatre or a lover of theatre or a lover of hip-hop or a lover of history – there was a way to jump on the train.

I’ve prioritized taking care of my mind, having fun, and doing things that make me laugh. And eating well – as in, really good food, like steak or pasta or fresh vegetables or an amazing dessert. You know, ‘treat yo’self.’

When you’re on a show schedule, everything is heightened. You’re always aware of what works and what doesn’t so you can be at your best.

It wasn’t until ‘Hamilton’ that I began to be considered an actor of color, and I really don’t know what to make of it.

I feel more like an American citizen now than I ever had, and it’s artistically fulfilling.

I think as a young person, leaving high school or college, you’re like, ‘All right, all right, enough already.’ But now there’s a part of me that would like to go back and relish those moments when you could sit down and just… read a book.

As a woman, it’s nice to hear people at the stage door say, ‘I didn’t even know! She’s a woman, and that’s the most amazing thing’.

I find it’s nice when I can be a listener and absorb things coming at me. It’s important, especially for me, when so much of my job is about putting things out into the world. So those quiet moments are rejuvenating.

You are carving out a story. You and your colleagues are trying to make something that is bigger than yourself. Although it can be a scary experience because you’re putting your work out on the line, it’s also incredibly rewarding because a lot of it comes from you.

We did a student-initiated project of ‘A Little Night Music’, which was the first time that all of the divisions – music, dance, drama, opera – came together and put on a piece. It was a black box kind of feel. We had to get costumes that were pieced together. We had our own lighting that we finagled.

The way theater can bring people together is so powerful.

On long car rides, we would always listen to the ‘Blues Brothers’ soundtrack and try to emulate everything that Aretha Franklin was doing. There was soul and grit in it that I think a kid from the suburbs really needed.

There is a certain vulnerability to creating art and putting it out in the world for the first time, but again, there’s a kind of thrill to that as well.

I like that Amelie is strange, just like me. I’m happy I’ve gotten to be on this journey following my ‘Hamilton’ journey because they’re so different.

I love the collaborative process. Getting to meet new people and really building something with them is such a wonderful way to get to know someone.

It doesn’t matter where you are: theater brings people together.

All I wanted to do was create theater for us, for our generation, for the people of this planet. And it’s so rare that the art that you are making is reaching a huge mass of people.

Right out of school, I did this show called ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812.’ It is based on a classical text with new music – not necessarily confined by a certain genre. It was a diverse, interesting group of musicians, actors, nonactors, and singers all creating this thing that is bigger than all of us.

The only musicals I’ve really worked on in New York are new musicals, and I like the idea that my job as an actor is also that of a detective, archaeologist, and mystery solver.

I took dance from a very early age, although my first recital, I remember refusing to go onstage. I think I was three. It’s funny because that stage was also my high school theater stage.

I think in general, people are baffled by love and what it does to them and how far they’ll go to have love and be loved.

I learn something new about love every day. For example, loving yourself is just as important as loving other people.

There’s the cool factor, right? You see your face on a sign or your name on something, like, ‘Ahh! Here I am!’ And then there’s a huge responsibility and the scary part of it, which is like, ‘Now what happens?’ And then you realize, ‘Oh, yeah, this is my job.’

That’s kind of just the nature of our business, is that you’re really putting a lot of energy and time and care into something that isn’t necessarily going to last forever.

I definitely have been approached and reached out to by a lot of young Asian American and Asian women, which has been really cool for me.

I think I’m obsessed with food. Maybe that’s why I’m making the transition to organic products – they just feel yummy. I like vanilla scents. I like mint. I like sage. I like the idea of smelling blackberries every time I blink. It’s so good.

I would put on shows for my family.

My grandmother was a classical pianist, so I grew up with Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven. I studied piano as a kid. My musical background and upbringing was very much a mix.

I think it’s just amazing to be in a group of women, in a group of people that you can spend enough time with them to really get to know people and be inspired by them and learn something new about them every day.

You can’t avoid the conversation of diversity and remembering that diversity goes beyond race and culture. It goes into gender and sexual orientation and all sorts of things.