Lea Salonga Quotes

I pride myself in the fact that in the six months tour of Cinderella, I didn't take one show off.

It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it?

I play video games a lot ... I love to read ... I enjoy spending time with my husband and daughter, who are my most favorite people in the world.

Don't expect a pat on the back for merely doing your job, but know that you'll get one for doing it exceptionally well.

I want every Filipino woman empowered with information regarding all options available to her regarding family planning.

I have no inner monologue.

I was doing TV work, theatre work, and some film work in the Philippines when I left.

Love your enemies ... it's not always an easy tenet to live by ... and I have more often than not been inclined to wish my enemies ill than well.

'Allegiance' is pretty much a book musical. You know, people talk and then they burst out into song.

I like vodka tonics and gin & tonics. I also like gimlets. I like things that have sweetness with a bit of a kick.

I'd love to do just straight theatre. I'd love to do film and television, too.

I can't be an ingenue forever, and I wouldn't want to be.

I would love to do some straight drama. A lot of times it's not up to the actor, it's up to the producer. It's up to the powers that be.