36 Quotes by Melissa Benoist

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 always try to have my mother's voice in my head, because I am very proud of the morals that she tried to instill in us.

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

I've essentially done theater for more of my life than I've done television or film, and it's really something I feel I know better.

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

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 fell in love with 19th-century Russian plays.

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

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.