I’ve seen some very beautiful drag queens.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI’ve seen some very beautiful drag queens.
BEBE NEUWIRTHMore than anything I love being on stage and performing
BEBE NEUWIRTHKirstie [Alley] saved me, in a way. [At the time], I had a terrible marriage, and I stayed at her house.
BEBE NEUWIRTHArtists need to express.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI don’t have any delusions of grandeur or delusions of failure. In terms of my work, I’ve got a pretty cold honest eye.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI have the greatest picture of Ted [Danson]. That was a big caper,
BEBE NEUWIRTHIf I’m not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven’t been able to get to class for a while or I’ve been sick.
BEBE NEUWIRTHYou have to be aware. Like, I’m not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I’m not going to risk breaking a leg.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI’ve been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
BEBE NEUWIRTHThe musical stuff I’d go up for was always funny, sexy, tough-as-nails, heart-of-gold characters.
BEBE NEUWIRTHThere was one person [opening] the door with a butter knife and another person kicking the door in so I could get a photo. He’s decapitated, but totally nude. And he’s really well-endowed.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI know when I’m bad, I know when I’m good, and I know when I’m everything in between.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI don’t feel complete. It doesn’t feel like the electricity is making its connections
BEBE NEUWIRTHI can act. I can sing. But I am a dancer
BEBE NEUWIRTHOne of the things that’s great about doing a show over and over again… is that you have to find ways to make it spontaneous, as though everything is happening for the first time… to continue to mine the material and find new things.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI’ve been on stage since I was 7. That’s where I’d rather be than anywhere else. Just because you can do a bunch of things doesn’t mean you are a bunch of things.
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