“I'll remember my life as pre-'Lady Bird' and post-'Lady Bird.'” — Beanie Feldstein Quote

I'll remember my life as pre-'Lady Bird' and post-'Lady Bird.'

I could talk about 'Lady Bird' for literally the rest of my life! It never gets old.

Broadway is such a beautiful community, both with the people who do it and the people who go see it.

You never know where someone else is coming from. Even within best friendships or within mother- daughter relationships, you never fully know what's behind someone's eyes.

I feel really lucky in that all of the projects I worked on I've been comfortable saying, 'I don't want to wear this.' No one has forced me into being anything I don't want to be. On 'Neighbors,' being chubbier than the other two actresses, I was like, 'Am I gonna get the chubby girl wardrobe?' But I ended up liking my wardrobe the best.

He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.

I could never be homophobic in any kind of way, dude. I'm such a free bird.

For a bird, especially for the more musically inventive, song is the defining characteristic, the primary way by which it knows itself and is known by others. To lose its species song is to lose not just its identity but some part of its presence in the world.

Big Bird is based on what I learned as a child.

I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or jazz, and paint colors for those who see none.