We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
BERNADETTE PETERSIt was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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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 don’t smoke, I don’t drink much, I don’t eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
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The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Anton Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!
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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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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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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men’s Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.
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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!
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When I grew up in the ’60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it was like not my era.
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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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The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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