My favorite special skill on my resume is 'excellent monkey noises.'

- Ciara Renee

I came to New York with two bags, my guitar and my laptop. I set my stuff down and immediately ran to an audition.

- Ciara Renee

I go down the street thinking, 'Oh my God, I live in New York.' But then I think, 'Oh my God, I'm on Broadway!'

- Ciara Renee

I grew up watching sci-fi and Justice League and all those kinds of things.

- Ciara Renee

I loved working on 'The Flash.' I love the team there.

- Ciara Renee

I think we see too much female-on-female hating each other on TV. We should stick together.

- Ciara Renee

I was not an avid comic book reader as a kid.

- Ciara Renee

My general audition song is almost always 'Man That Got Away.'

- Ciara Renee

My mother is a Senior Casualty Claims Specialist I, which in layman's terms means the head insurance adjuster!

- Ciara Renee

My older brother Billy was really into video games, and of course I followed suit. I was such a dork - I was so geeky!

- Ciara Renee

We all wish we could find and embrace our voice, our strength.

- Ciara Renee

I did a lot of trapeze stuff when I did 'Pippin' and continued to do it afterward. Flying is so fun, and I was used to the harness idea, but these harnesses are like intense, full bodysuit things.

- Ciara Renee

I wasn't instructed to do any special training for 'Hawkgirl,' but I had started boxing a few weeks prior and stuck with that for several months leading up to the start of production.

- Ciara Renee

I've never really had a fear of heights; in fact, I love being up high, so hanging from wires high above everyone's head has always sort of felt natural for me.

- Ciara Renee

Whitney Houston and Ella Fitzgerald are my musical mothers. I learned everything I know about true R&B, pop and jazz singing from these stunning performers and unparalleled musicians.

- Ciara Renee

You can never take those you love for granted, and you have to be willing to be open and really communicate with one another to make any relationship work. And that's just it: relationships take work, and they take compromise and compassion and understanding.

- Ciara Renee