I’ve been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that have in turn been revived. And I’m not dead!
BERNADETTE PETERSI lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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I love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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“Into the Woods” was… a lot of running around in the woods! I can’t wait to see the show again. People didn’t realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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It Might As Well Be Spring… I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.
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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
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You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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You’d look out and there’d be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much.
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Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
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