I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a year into 'Miss Saigon,' that I was going to be a performer, that I was going to be singing and acting.
It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it? - Lea Salonga
It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it?
- Lea Salonga
I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challe… - Lea Salonga
I think I will always be performing; I don't think I can take that away. Because I really just enjoy it. I like getting up to sing; I like the challe…
I feel like if I am physically and emotionally able to be at the theater, I will be there. I don't like not being there - I don't like playing hooky.… - Lea Salonga
I feel like if I am physically and emotionally able to be at the theater, I will be there. I don't like not being there - I don't like playing hooky.…
My singing technique is really strong and I have to thank my teachers for really instilling a sense of discipline about how to sing properly and how … - Lea Salonga
My singing technique is really strong and I have to thank my teachers for really instilling a sense of discipline about how to sing properly and how …
I believe that everyone has the fundamental right to head to city hall with the person they love and get married. Period. - Lea Salonga
I believe that everyone has the fundamental right to head to city hall with the person they love and get married. Period.
All the Disney Princess films are iconic and beautiful, so to have been a part of all that was really a wonderful part of my life. Its all fabulous, … - Lea Salonga
All the Disney Princess films are iconic and beautiful, so to have been a part of all that was really a wonderful part of my life. Its all fabulous, …
I don't think I would've been performing this long if I didn't love it sincerely to the degree that I do. It's not enough to like it. Dilettantes lik… - Lea Salonga
I don't think I would've been performing this long if I didn't love it sincerely to the degree that I do. It's not enough to like it. Dilettantes lik…
I can't be an ingenue forever, and I wouldn't want to be. - Lea Salonga
I can't be an ingenue forever, and I wouldn't want to be.
I'd love to do just straight theatre. I'd love to do film and television, too. - Lea Salonga
I'd love to do just straight theatre. I'd love to do film and television, too.
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