Quotes by Rachel Tucker - Page 1

I can be very ordinary looking.
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Ordinary
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Sting is a father figure to us all.
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Father Figure
Sting
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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Green
Colors
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I'd been brought up on musicals. Instead of cartoons, we watched videocassettes of musicals at home.
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Watched
Musicals
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I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'
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Pride
Les
Mill
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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Black And White
Six
Tommy
Tucker
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I like surprising my audiences, and it's compulsory to have fun and be silly; I never take myself quite too seriously.
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Compulsory
Silly
Surprising
Have Fun
Never Take
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'We Will Rock You' is one of my favorite shows. I first saw it when I was a student at the Royal Academy and loved it.
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Royal
Favorite Shows
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We used to have front-row seats for the Grand Opera House pantomime every year, and once the dame May McFettridge got me up on-stage.
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Opera
Opera House
Pantomime
Dame
Grand
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I am glad and thankful that my husband forced me to start reading for pleasure, as it took me years to listen to him and pick up a book!
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Thankful
Glad
Thankful I Am Me
Forced
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I did a reality TV show in London called 'I'd Do Anything,' and when I got put in the program, they said, 'What is your ultimate dream?' and I said, 'Broadway.'
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Broadway
Reality Tv
Ultimate
Tv Show
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We lived in Manhattan, which was unbearable sometimes because it was so noisy. There were sirens blaring, construction sites going, people shouting and swearing at each other.
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Construction
Manhattan
Noisy
Shouting
Swearing
Unbearable
Sites
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It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And in 'I'd Do Anything,' I've had so much support from folks back home, no matter what side they're on.
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Catholic
Folks
Ministers
Relief
Support
Side
Rare
Protestant
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'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.
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Evening
Forget
Written
Young
Prefer
Audiences
Beautifully
Show
Working
Last
Piece
Ship
Triangle
Young Men
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I started singing in pubs and clubs around Belfast when I was 10. My dad is a musician, and he took me 'round; I impersonated Tina Turner and Shirley Bassey, and the crowd couldn't believe what was coming out of this little girl.
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Belfast
Clubs
Musician
Pubs
Turner
Dad Believe Me
Round
Little Girl
Shirley
Tina
Tina Turner
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If I thought about it before I went on, I would have never went on. So, therefore, you don't think about it; you have to talk yourself then into, 'Listen, this is it. This is the gig. Broadway or no Broadway, you've got to do your job.'
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Broadway
Gig
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I read books for exams at school, but only because I had to read them, and really didn't enjoy it one little bit! The only time I did enjoy it was when I was asked to read out loud in front of the class, as I then used it as an acting exercise!
Rachel Tucker /
Loud
Only Time
Exams
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All you would hear every night on the news was that somebody had been shot dead in a certain part of Belfast. We lived opposite a judge, and there were always soldiers crouched down in our garden. We'd sit and talk to them, and I even used to sing to them!
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Belfast
Every Night
Garden
Opposite
Soldiers
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My mum was no pushy parent. She would drop me off for auditions when I was in my teens at the Lyric Theatre, then give me my bus fare and say she would see me later at home. She wasn't hanging around in the wings geeing me on. I had to do it on my own; it was up to me.
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Auditions
Give Me
Mum
Parent
Pushy
Teens
Wings
Drop
Fare
Lyric
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It had to be a book that held my attention and kept me wanting to read it; when my husband finished 'The Road', I started it straight away and didn't put it down until I finished - it was such an achievement and relief to know that I could read, comprehend and, most importantly, enjoy a book!
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Achievement
Relief
Me Road Know
Comprehend
Held
Importantly
Wanting
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When I was in the running for the role of Elphaba, I knew it was important to research and study as much background information as I could, so I got my head stuck into 'Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West' by Gregory Maguire, and I believe I lost many days, weeks, and months reading it - I was captivated!
Rachel Tucker /
Captivated
Stuck
Wicked
Witch
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