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Megan Hilty at Bryant Park for 9 to 5, 2009

[Bernadette Peters] is really the reason I wanted to go into musical theatre in the first place. - Megan Hilty

Megan Hilty getting ready backstage // 9 to 5

...certified stripper, how dare that girl look like that and not want me to sleep with her. Lust is always personified as a lady in red with a dress slit up her thigh. Lust is sinful because it’s power, it’s not asking for attention - it’s demanding it. I’m told she is the worst kind of woman, that looking good is supposed to be some kind of shame on her kin. I’m told not to leave the house in such a short skirt, not with a shirt so low, not with a lace back, not with high heels, not dressed like that. My lipstick can’t be too red, my hair can’t be too mussed, I can’t just “turn someone on like that and then leave them wanting.” I mentioned that instant gratification actually ruins our psyche and was told that being led on was “exhausting.” I said that there was a difference between purposefully tricking someone into liking you and just being attractive or friendly. I was told there’s also a difference between coffee and tea but both result in caffeine. I said, “I’ve been turned on in class by the girls I talk to but I didn’t expect anything from them,” and they said, “It’s different, you’re not a man,” but couldn’t explain where that difference was. [insp]

“Instead of worrying about all the stuff I can’t change, I just show up every day and do my best. That’s all I can do!” - Megan Hilty

"I love being a blonde because you do have all those stereotypes, but then you get to prove them wrong. It's been my whole career to play blond characters that you think are one way but really are the ones controlling the world!"