Tammy Blanchard

I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.

The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.

I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.

I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and all these musicals that bring song and dance and acting all together in a polished way.

I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.

The thing that I really love about film is that it is with you forever - it goes to your children, and they get to see it again and again and have it forever.

I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid.

I just love Bayonne. I love the parks. I love the pizzerias. I love the simple things in life, and it's all here.

I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.

I just want to do great work: work that inspires people... To know that you are given this gift in life and that you can gift other people with it, that's the most rewarding thing for me.

The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.

I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.