Quotes from Sutton Foster

I'd had the theater background for so long that I know that world inside out; I just didn't know the pace of how a TV set works, like how a show shoots.

When I was growing up, everyone dressed the same. You had to have bootcut pants and chunky heels.

Coming from the theatre, I have played some fabulous characters where I get to wear gowns, and I get to be a princess or someone from the 1920s, or I get to wear showgirl costumes. I'm used to wearing a wardrobe that changes how I feel. It's a bit of an outside-in approach - so often, the clothing can reveal so much about a character.

I feel incredibly passionate about 'Bunheads,' but the network was not supportive of the show, and you have to have that.

I don't deny myself anything - I do whatever I want in the moment - but I feel like moderation is the thing that can really sustain you for the rest of your life.

I have my little craft bag that I bring with me to set everywhere I go.

I grew up sort of a geeky, tall kid, and I think I was always the one trying to make my friends laugh.

I've done some TV and I've done a lot of theater, obviously, and the last character I played on Broadway was a very fast-talking broad. I'm used to learning material and words.

I think of fitness as being about heart health and staying strong and agile. That actually makes me go to the gym. I used to hate it, and you couldn't drag me there, but now I can't stand it if I don't go, which seems weird.

And, as an adult, I tried skiing, and I ended up in tears.

I feel like my life now, it's only getting better, which feels nice.

I think a lot of your 20s is trying to figure out who you are - you're on your own; you've got you first job. You've got your first apartment. You're living away from your parents. You're just discovering who you are.

I try to have a very optimistic outlook on life, I try not to take anything too seriously, I try to and I do find a ton of joy and happiness in my life and I think that helps you stay youthful.

Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino gave me such a gift with 'Bunheads,' and to give me this gift of going on 'Gilmore Girls' was beyond. It was awesome.

I'm like a little Pollyanna. I look at the world with rose-colored glasses.

When I look at my longterm goals for the rest of my life, there are so many things other than performing that make me happy.

I don't wear a lot of makeup in real life and I try to take care of my skin. I clean it, I moisturize it, but mainly I just try to drink a ton of water.

Every character I've played is goofy, but it has to have some type of reality.

I was so grateful to work on 'Bunheads.' We had so much material, and everything was so rapid-fire, and I developed - through theater too, I developed a really great work ethic. I think preparing for both of them is just that - you come to set ready to go, ready to play. You know your lines. You're ready to work.

It's weird to have leisure - to have time off. I'm not used to it.

Well, I was such a huge fan of Amy Sherman-Palladino and of 'Gilmore Girls.'

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

One of the things I admire most about millennials is they celebrate individualism, and their singularity is encouraged. To be different is to be cool as opposed to weird.

One thing I think I'm really proud of is that I started taking care of my skin at a young age.