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It’s a blessing as an artist to express myself – whether that be via dance, via song or via speech – in so many different ways.

Bebe Neuwirth

I have the greatest picture of Ted [Danson]. That was a big caper,
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Doors Kicking Knives
People make snap judgments about me that are frequently misguided.
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Misguide People Snap Judgment
It’s a blessing as an artist to express myself – whether that be via dance, via song or via speech – in so many different ways.
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Artist Blessing Song
When I was born, they put casts on my legs ’cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.
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Causes Kind Legs
One 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.
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Firsts Spontaneous Way
I’ve seen some very beautiful drag queens.
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Beautiful Drag Queen
Shakespeare feels very natural to me.
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Author Country Feels Natural Person
The musical stuff I’d go up for was always funny, sexy, tough-as-nails, heart-of-gold characters.
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Character Heart Sexy
Artists need to express.
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Artist Express Needs
I’m not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It’s just not who I am.
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Life Performers Stage Tell
In New York I was always offered the hot, sexy roles. But in L.A. I was offered the plain, dowdy roles. It says a lot about the difference between the coasts
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Country Differences Roles Sexy
Part of the success of the show is that the audience sees themselves in the characters, becomes the characters. The more they inhabit the characters, the more they see.
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Audience Character Shows
You 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.
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Dance Fun Years
That was the aura of Cheers: It was special. It was more than TV; you could get people to guest on the show you couldn’t normally get.
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Cheer People Special
Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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Animal Different Stage Two
Kirstie [Alley] saved me, in a way. [At the time], I had a terrible marriage, and I stayed at her house.
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Girl House Way

It’s a blessing as an artist to express myself – whether that be via dance, via song or via speech – in so many different ways.

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It’s a blessing as an artist to express myself – whether that be via dance, via song or via speech – in so many different ways.

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