Top 25 Kelli OHara Quotes

I’ve always wanted to do a Shakespeare play.

You breathe fast when you’re scared.

I think it can be a good idea to know what you do well and use that to open the door for yourself. Once you open the door, close it behind you, and start to make changes.

My father named me Kelli because ‘Kelli O’Hara’ just sounded so Irish.

I’m a mother, and when you have children, there’s a protection. You’ll do a lot to protect them, to do what’s best for them.

By no means, I can’t sing any rock and roll.

I don’t ever think about the roads I didn’t take because I spend too much time thinking what’s ahead. I don’t go backwards.

I don’t read reviews, because if you believe the good ones, you have to believe the bad.

I never really try to watch the movie of the things I’ve been in.

If I get tickled in a certain way, I actually lose the ability to stand. I don’t mean to, but something happens to my knees, and I fall on the ground.

Corned beef and cabbage – that’s our favorite holiday meal when all the O’ Haras gather around the table.

It is such a luxury to open a new book that’s highly recommended by friends – either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction.

The ‘Carousel’ overture has always been one of my all-time favorite pieces of music.

When I’ve done TV and film, when it’s offered to me, I loved doing it, and I would do it again, but the ins and outs of auditioning is – that’s time away from my kids.

I love playing an ingenue, and I love doing revivals, and I will continue to do that.

Everyone has these ideas, especially about the middle of the country, about people being backwards and three-toothed.

I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn’t want to continue opera because I wanted to act.

Every part has its relief when I’m done with it.

I’ve always wanted my characters to have more dimension and realistic cores than the ingenue material often provides. It’s been a challenge.

I’m proud to be Irish.

Shakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature.

I don’t mind talking about my family and how to balance it all. But, in today’s world, we should probably be asking both women and men about work and family and how to balance the two.

I think anything emotional adds to your acting and singing, no matter what it is that you go through. It will always add to it, never take away.

I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It’s just that I don’t always get the chance to do it!

I’ve been singing since I was nine or ten.