Keala Settle Quotes

I used to be a pop singer; well, not used to be. I am an R&B singer. My emphasis was on Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin.

- Keala Settle

Singer, Stevie Wonder, Stevie

I never got to see the circus... I was always in love with being a trapeze artist, though.

- Keala Settle

Love, Never, Always, Trapeze

I've always been the biggest bully to myself.

- Keala Settle

Always, Been, Biggest, Bully

No one can bully me better than me. I'm the first person to the party going, 'Don't worry - you don't have to cut me down, 'cause I'm already there.' I struggled with all those voices and gave them so much power, to the point where they took over my life.

- Keala Settle

My Life, Cut, Struggled, Bully

It doesn't matter if you're a Victoria's Secret model or you're someone's 90-year-old grandma or you're a little kid who's getting bullied or you're that kid's bully - everybody feels like there's something going on that's more correct than what is. We all have to reach out to one another in that fear, and we'd be surprised to hear, 'Me, too.'

- Keala Settle

Everybody, Feels, Correct, Bully

Musically, I'm a huge fan of Stephen Sondheim, and I love, love 'Sweeney Todd.'

- Keala Settle

Love, Fan, Sondheim, Todd

As you get older, whatever your struggles may be - how you sound, how you look, how you dress - you grow into yourself a little bit more. You end up realizing the world wants you and not a carbon copy of six other people.

- Keala Settle

Dress, Sound, Other, Realizing

As a human being, you find a way to survive, moment by moment, every single day of your life.

- Keala Settle

Survive, Human Being, Being, Single Day

'Miscast' is a family affair. It highlights so many different aspects of the industry in that one night, and it's a great evening.

- Keala Settle

Night, One Night, Aspects, Highlights

I was causing trouble in high school, and in order to get me to stop and to pass, they put me into theater, and I ended up winning a Shakespeare competition. All I had to do was imitate people properly, and I ended up going to the finals when I was about 16.

- Keala Settle

Competition, About, Had, Finals

Stevie Wonder was a big influence in my life.

- Keala Settle

My Life, Big, Stevie, Big Influence

My mother taught us all to bake. It literally calmed us down, and she was able to get rid of all her frustrations.

- Keala Settle

Rid, Literally, Calmed, Frustrations

On days I'm not working, I don't wear a ton of other makeup, but if I have to look like I care, I'll use this By Terry Ombre Blackstar eye shadow stick in Frozen Quartz and Eyeko mascara.

- Keala Settle

Makeup, Shadow, Other, Terry

There is a struggle when you do represent so many countries within you, but that makes you who you are.

- Keala Settle

Within, Makes, Countries, Represent

I've always been afraid of who I am and not knowing what I can do.

- Keala Settle

I Am, Always, Been, Not Knowing

What is so beautiful about a composer and a lyricist is that their job is to push a story along and not halt it.

- Keala Settle

Beautiful, Halt, Lyricist, Push

I woke up one day and thought, 'Enough is enough with bullying myself.' The war is within you, and that's also where it's won. You just have to tackle your insecurities and then let them go.

- Keala Settle

Thought, One Day, Woke, Tackle

My mother played guitar by ear, and all of us sang except my father, bless his heart.

- Keala Settle

Father, Heart, Played, Bless

I would have loved to play Atticus in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' There's no music in it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't want to do it!

- Keala Settle

Music, Play, Would, Mockingbird

I was never one of those actors who believed, 'I'm so gonna be an ingenue.' I already knew that wasn't gonna happen, and I decided not to torture myself with it.

- Keala Settle

Happen, Ingenue, Gonna, Believed

Sometimes I get frustrated with my own self because I'm such a perfectionist.

- Keala Settle

My Own, Get, Frustrated, Perfectionist

To be honest, being a fat girl, when people are telling you you need to eat, it's the biggest thrill of your life.

- Keala Settle

Need, Thrill, Telling, To Be Honest

It takes a damn village to get a show on Broadway!

- Keala Settle

Damn, Broadway, Get, Village

If someone puts a character in front of me - no matter what it is, whether there has been a film or not - I want to be that character, not imitate it. There's a difference - a big difference.

- Keala Settle

Want, Big, Been, Imitate

If anybody says they're not afraid of themselves, they're lying!

- Keala Settle

Afraid, Themselves, Anybody, Lying

I used to not walk out the door; I was so afraid. Everything from, 'You shouldn't be here,' down to, 'Girl, don't wear those pants.' I was so sad. I tried my best to not even look in a mirror!

- Keala Settle

Mirror, Door, Here, I Tried

I'm an actress who likes to work as much as possible, so I'm very grateful for all these opportunities.

- Keala Settle

Grateful, Actress, Very, Likes

I was born and raised in Hawaii.

- Keala Settle

Born, I Was Born, Raised, Hawaii

I was successfully hiding from the world on Broadway for about 25 years.

- Keala Settle

World, Hiding, Broadway, Successfully

My goal is to stay in good health, and every day, I wake up and pray that I do.

- Keala Settle

Goal, Wake Up, Every Day, Good Health

There were pockets of this career - whatever you want to call it - where I said, 'I've tapped out. I don't want to do this. I'm gonna go be a stage hand. I don't want to do this. I don't want to talk to people. I'm afraid of people. I'm going to walk away from everything that this was and is.'

- Keala Settle

Career, Out, Away, Pockets

We weren't wearing shoes on a full-time basis until prom.

- Keala Settle

Full-Time, Wearing, Were, Prom

I have a lot of cultures within me - I'm basically chop suey.

- Keala Settle

Me, Within, Lot, Cultures

I used to want to look like every European person that was being held up as a standard of beauty, whether in the industry or in life. Then I just realized that it's not in my genetic make-up. I decided instead to go for the gold in whatever I'm doing and just be as healthy as I can be.

- Keala Settle

Beauty, Doing, Standard, European

The parts that I get to play are not based around the European beauty standards: They're more about character, and I love that.

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Love, Play, Based, European

Women put ourselves through so much. Really, everybody does; it's not a gendered thing. I think all of us are always gonna be tortured by some sense of inadequacy, no matter what. I don't know if there's a way to tell people not do this to themselves.

- Keala Settle

Through, Some, Everybody, Inadequacy

I love people that go the distance. I hate things that are lukewarm. They've got to be one way or the other and go all the way.

- Keala Settle

Love, Distance, Other, One Way

We all have fears! Don't lie! We all have fears.

- Keala Settle

Lie, Fears

Broadway is really, really hard.

- Keala Settle

Hard, Really, Broadway

I wake up in the morning, and I look in a mirror, and I go, 'Is this really all I got? Is this all the universe has given me?'

- Keala Settle

Mirror, Go, Given, Universe

When I was younger, my mother wanted me to look like Claudia Schiffer. I was like, 'We're not even German, but all right.'

- Keala Settle

Right, Younger, Like, German

There's always doubt and fear. If you're a human being, everybody's got it.

- Keala Settle

Doubt, Always, Everybody, Human Being

Everyone makes mistakes, and we need to learn to forgive ourselves.

- Keala Settle

Learn, Need, Everyone, Forgive

I loved dancing.

- Keala Settle

Loved, Dancing

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