“My dad sings, and my mom is the funniest person you'll ever meet. You ...” — Beanie Feldstein Quote

My dad sings, and my mom is the funniest person you'll ever meet. You put them together, and out comes the Feldstein children.

I did my first little kids' musical, 'The Sound of Music,' at 5, in a jungle gym, essentially. I was a made-up Von Trapp child, Ingrid Von Trapp.

I have always wanted to do Broadway, my whole life, but I never knew I'd actually make it - it's a dream; it's never been in the realm of possibility. So to be doing 'Hello Dolly!,' it's not just Broadway, but it's the most joyful, sort of classic Broadway experience with the most extraordinary company.

My singing voice has sort of an Ethel Merman-type quality: just, like, loud and strong and full.

I've never done anything simply because I thought I could get away with it. I've just wanted to do the funniest show.

The funniest racism is the racism between minorities. It's something you don't see dramatized, but almost every minority I know who's my age, they have these funny stories about their parents stereotyping other minorities.

I just say what I think is the funniest thing I could say. I'm not trying to make headlines. I'm just trying to say the stuff that I think is funny and will make people laugh.

Everyone in my family is very supportive, and any mention of family in my show is just, in my idea, the funniest version of the family of the guy of who's performing.