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An intimate look at the actress Renée Elise Goldsberry; a woman’s struggle to have a family and balance a career, aga | dG1fTXBLV09oOExXa0k
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00:00I had two big dreams when I was little to be a mother and to have a career as a
00:06singer and an actor until I grew up and it felt like striving for one threatened
00:15the other. Lin-Manuel Miranda was developing a new rap musical. This is the
00:21greatest thing I've ever heard in my life. I gotta go to this audition tomorrow
00:25morning. The raps unsatisfied her fast. She walked out of there and I learned she
00:29so fast. Is that it? I'm gonna be in Hamilton at the public. My path to motherhood was a real
00:39struggle. Pregnancy number six. Benjamin. I'm the only mom in the cast. I'm not home for
00:46bath time or to kiss the kids goodnight. Hamilton asks everything of you. We're
00:52trying to have a house where everybody thrives. It's the hottest ticket in New
00:56York City. Hamilton. Hamilton. Hamilton. It's every actor's dream to be a part of a hit yet I'm feeling
01:02increasingly out of control. Sometimes now when I'm doing the show I keep like having
01:07like panic attacks throughout the number. This is starting to feel like a runaway train
01:13overwhelming everything else in my life completely. I love you we miss you bye.
01:19Bye. Is the sacrifice worth it and who is paying the price? I love you. Keep going.
01:34Here are some of my battles. How do I do this? Lost. I kept a secret for a number of weeks.
01:42I had to leave the show. And won.
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