Daphne Quotes

"We didn't want to go to Broadway to become Broadway stars; we went to kick the

motherfuckin' doors of Broadway open, because it's old-school and it's stodgy. We were

invited there, and that was cool."

"Part of what's beautiful about Rent is it's roughness. It's just like living on the Lower East

Side: there's a lot of shit going on. It's messy. Good."

"Follow your star"

"Never stop believing in what it is that you want to do and um, and when you have the

opportunity to do what you wanna do, serve with it. You know, serve the rest of the world.

Women. Children. And, you know…"

"I don't think anybody really likes Rent that doesn't somehow identify with aberration."

"Show your uniqueness in how you sing" (on how to audition and get a part)

"I fancy myself more of a shameless Ani DiFranco, an Ani DiFranco who will just show you

her breasts."

"Don't pretend to go for it, go for it!"

"I want more and more from life"

"…To be recognized from something that I really feel I have no choice but to do. Um…And

to, to really serve through my art. That's all that I really ask for. Um…and, but if I don't

get it, I'll die trying. So its good to be a fun, fearless female."

"Some people say about me: 'Why is she doing this? She doesn't need to be doing this. She's a Broadway actress.' My answer is, 'No, I have to do this if I want to be happy.'" (on her performing her own stuff and getting Souvenirs, her CD, out there)

"Live your dream!"

"Because Britney Spears became the model of success, rock and roll is sort of a mirage that

never happened."

"I think some people are going to be outraged. Last year, in the workshop, people walked

out when they saw the lesbian characters kissing. That's the world we live in, which is why

I find it very moving when older people identify with the show; when they can see beyond

the gayness, the straightness, the class, the color." (on Rent)

"I did years of shit like shaking my butt around."

Daphne: "Do you remember what you wrote on my poster? My love poster?"

Kristen Lee Kelly: "The Rent poster? I think I wrote "Daphne, you suck, love Kristen Lee

Kelly."

Daphne: "You suck shit. You suck shit. 'You suck shit, no just kidding. Love you.'"

Kristen: "I really do."

"I complain, I bitch -– but I'm eternally grateful. I'm a lucky, lucky person."

"We rule. 'Nuf said."

"We don't play 'careful.' We push the envelope with our voices, our emotions, our bodies. I

explore the deepest, darkest, most vulnerable, powerful, powerless places in me.

Everything was a pleasure - even the terror."

"I'll never get all of Mimi's glitter out of my pores. My boyfriend is a corporate lawyer and

at meetings he has to explain why there's glitter on his suits."

"You'd ride around in a limo all day like you were all that, then you'd go home and wash

your own panties"

"This role is getting me in touch with my bisexual side" (on Magenta)

"A lot of Mimi's clothes came straight out of my own closet, like the leopard pants, and

then they became, like, this symbol of 'Rent,'"

"I love acting and, despite the fact that I'm engaged, I'm just a queer when it comes down

to it. I've always been a little queer. So those roles appeal to me."

""Oh, boy! I think she'd make wonderful things for everyone - little things, like maybe

bake bread. She'd probably get something extra-special for Roger. She'd probably dye

Roger's hair. And probably wanna have sex for the rest of the night." (Daphne on what she

think Mimi would want to do for Christmas)

"Oh my God, you try doing aerobics in fetish heels, okay! I'm the only one up there in

fetish heels doing fucking aerobics. You try that."

"We need a commercial that will shamelessly exploit myself and the entire cast. Rent is

still showing me and I’m not even in that show! We need one of those commercials. Who

knows? People might get a woody. It’s worth a try. When a show is $80, you have to work

hard to get people in. A lot of people would rather by a Coach sock for $80!"

"I made sure that my album got out there. I want people to hear it. Take it! It’s free! I’m

totally into that. It’s a good way to advertise your music. If you’re Madonna, you don’t

need Napster. Daphne could use it."

"I think that 365 days from now, you’ll be talking to 'us' instead of 'me.' Aye-yi-yi... I don’t know! Let me keep thinking about it."

"I know I have very devoted fans. I love them and I hear in letters that I'm a powerful example. "

"I knew the show would be fierce, but I had no idea the rest of the world would react like this."

"He's got incredible fucking balls to be out and be an actor. He's a rare bird." (on Anthony

Rapp)

"You see two men or two women kissing, or, you know, sexual innuendo or the issue of

AIDS. I can't really speak for society, but where I come from it's OK. I truly believe that it's

OK and where it's not OK, people haven't really evolved. It distresses me to know that

that's a lot of the country and the world. So we just do what we do and what we believe

in."

Daphne: "Jesse Martin is wearing my… carrying my purse."

Kristen: "He's also wearing your… underwear."

Daphne: "Kristen!"

"It's not that I get recognized and bothered. It's that things that were important, like

paying the rent, were different. Now I have the luxury to play the guitar all day before I do

a show and not struggle to make ends meet. It's nice."

"And there's glitter everywhere! It's in my bed, in the dog, embedded in my scalp. It's

getting on my nerves!"

"I was a total fake ID, partying all night, full throttle pedal to the metal."

Anthony Rapp: "One of the most painful things I've ever experienced was the performance

when Daphne left. It felt like another death. It was the end of an era of the precious

chemistry of our family." (Okay, so Daphne didn't say it.  But it is about her.)

Got any way cool things that Daphne said that you want added here? Please email me. Thanks :)

Thanks to Jezzieca and Lauren for some of these quotes and for helping me fix some others :)