49 Quotes by Audra McDonald

I want to thank all the shoulders of the strong and brave and courageous women that I am standing on,

...I tried to kill myself. It was a feeble attempt, but I did. And I got put in a mental hospital for a month, and I got myself straight and worked on my mental health...it's nothing that I hide. It's nothing to be proud of or to be ashamed of. It's part of my life, you know? And I'm still here!

And I found the theater, and I found my home.

Pedigree matters: if you break your shoulder trying to open a door, it’s much harder to play the game once you get in the room.

The authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be very odd to an American audience’s ears. It’s not the typical Southern dialect that we’re used to.

The only thing I’ve ever wanted to do in my entire life is to be on Broadway.

The arts are so important not only to society but to ourselves as human beings. It keeps in touch with our own humanity. So access to the arts in any way, shape, or form is vital.

There's no perfect household anywhere.

I never in a million years thought that my life would unfold the way it has.