Quotes from Melissa Benoist

I fell in love with 19th-century Russian plays.

I've been looking for a Broadway opportunity ever since I stopped doing theater.

TV sort of picked up for me before my theater career did.

Reading about myself on 'Perez Hilton' was kind of the weirdest thing ever.

'Tapestry' was the first album my mom ever bought with her own money when she was 14. So, needless to say, it was a staple in the household, at least when my mom was choosing the music.

A part of my job, when I'm playing a character and approaching a role, is to rationalize and to not judge whatsoever.

I learned the process of this kind of acting, how things run, how chaotic it can be, and what kind of different muscles you have to flex.

I was Obi-Wan multiple years in a row. Alec Guinness' Obi-Wan. I was a Dalmatian once because I loved '101 Dalmatians,' and I think I was a Care Bear once and maybe a Spartan cheerleader from the 'SNL' skit. I'm terrible with Halloween, because I come up with these elaborate costumes and never follow through.

I was initially just fascinated by the Branch Davidians. This doesn't really apply to Rachel Koresh because she was born into the church, and that was all she had ever known, but I was fascinated by the psychology of how people get to that place - a place like Mount Carmel and an FBI stand-off for 51 days.

It's so easy to flourish a moment with a cape.

I'm definitely interested in doing movies. I've always focused more on acting than singing because that's where my true passion lies.

My life day in and day out is accessing my emotions and bringing them to the forefront.

Living out a story eight times a week is difficult and draining emotionally but very fulfilling.

I was such a wallflower in high school. I did a lot of extracurricular theatre shows, but at school, I spent a lot of time by myself. I ate lunch by myself, and I was always okay with it. But I was definitely made fun of, and I always felt like an outsider.

Jealousy is a human emotion, regardless of whether you're a Branch Davidian or you're whomever, outside in society.

If I had any advice for my 16-year-old self, it would just be to stay strong, because acting is not an easy lifestyle, especially when you are starting out. That being said, it definitely makes it all worth it when it does happen.

Essentially, what I do on 'Supergirl' is I'm acting out comic vignettes. That is its own muscle to flex, and it is its own skill.

I love female singer-songwriters!

I always considered myself really non-confrontational and shy and introverted.

I don't take karaoke seriously at all. I'm not the type of person who will go and belt out Whitney Houston.

There are younger people watching CBS, but their audience isn't 13 to 25. The CW specializes in that.

I don't think a solo album is me. I don't consider my voice to be that kind of a voice. Not that I don't love singing, but Broadway was my original dream. That's what I've always wanted to do.

It's lucky that my life outside of work is so mellow; I'm really a homebody and a hermit, so I don't have to worry about blowing my voice out.

I just loved the feeling of performing, of using my imagination to take me somewhere else.