Jessie Mueller Quotes & Sayings

“Growing up, I never felt like the pretty girl.”

“I always thought moving to New York would mean starting over in theater, because I had great work in Chicago and didn't want to become a waitress here.”

“I always loved playing the sidekick, and that's what I expected - I didn't think I was pretty enough or diva enough to play the lead.”

“The important thing is the storytelling and having a script that makes you feel you're living and breathing through the characters.”

“'White Christmas' is one of my favorite movies, so I've always just had a love for that kind of golden era musical.”

“Some of the best actors think they're terrible; that's what keeps you connected to a vulnerability that makes it possible for people to empathize with you.”

“I went to Syracuse University.”

“Directors didn't know what to do with me in college. I didn't really sound like a belter. I didn't look like a soprano. But in New York, I was in the right place at the right time, where my unusualness fit the bill.”

“I didn't really start performing until high school. My whole family is actually in the business, and started in the business in Chicago, so I was going to shows when I was a teeny-tiny kid, but I didn't really start performing until high school.”

“I'd been acting in Chicago since I came back after University, and I got a call from my agent saying, 'They're doing this revival of 'On a Clear Day,' and I actually auditioned when the team came through Chicago for the 'American Idiot' tour.”