48 Quotes by Shanice Williams

I'm very optimistic about the future, because... Okay, with Audra McDonald, even just on Broadway, they cast her in shows that are usually not played by African-American women, so she's very inspiring to me just because of that, you know what I mean?

All my vocal coaches have been pretty great. Thank God.

I started singing in my church choir, and then when I got to middle school, I had the coolest musical theatre director, and we actually did 'The Wiz' in seventh grade, and I was Addaperle, and my grandma was like, 'Why didn't you audition for Dorothy?' But I was too nervous for that.

I've never seen a show at my high school because I was always in them.

If I'm not working after 'The Wiz,' I am definitely planning on going back to college in New Jersey.

I never thought I'd be doing TV. I've always loved it, but I felt like I was just going to do Broadway because that was what I wanted to do the most.

I think it'd be cool to be in film and television, but I never thought that would happen.

My dream job would be starring in a lead role on a Broadway musical.

When I got to high school, I was going to do sports, but I got kicked off the volleyball team because I kept missing it for musical theater.