the official blog post of memorable backstage quotes: madagascar edition

[venusundae]

"I can't watch the bloopers. I don't want to see M at his worst... wait, but if i can't see him at his worst I don't deserve him at his best." -D, age 15, after watching a fellow cast member's youtube channel

"Everyone is against me and now B is flipping me off in China." -M, age 6, after being given a derogatory pinky finger in response to opening the door on another kid while changing

[knocks on dressing room door with the utmost urgency and sincerity]"Guys, what are memes?" -L, age 11

"Do you work out?" -M, age 6
"Yea " -B, age 9
"How many pounds do you have?" -M, age 6

"I asexually reproduce." -D, age 15
"Ew that's so gross. Oh my gosh. Like fine that's true but you don't need to say it out loud. Blech." -L, age 11

"Sorry, sometimes I forget to breathe before I talk." -A, age 12

"She has such happy makeup. Like, i don't know what the opposite of emo is but whatever it is her makeup is that." -M, age 12, describing the corny themed makeup I did for the run of the show (as told to me by his mother)

"If I ever get in trouble for swearing, I'm just gonna say I learned it from you." -S, age 16, to me after I told some kids to stop fucking manhandling each other for the thousandth time

" 'Stop manhandling!' said Sylvia seven hundred times." -J, age 11

"A, you could help M with his makeup." -J
[gazes lazily at the pile of face paints on the counter] "Oh, yea... I guess I could." -A, age 16, designated makeup volunteer

"Are you blackanese?" -A, age 10