I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI missed New York. Every break I had from the series, I’d fly back to the East Coast just to get back onstage.
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I loved Jay Thomas as Eddie LeBec. But there was a point where they [thought] maybe we would live together, and I didn’t like the idea of Carla being with somebody because that would make you feel like [you’re] not part of the people in the bar.
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People make snap judgments about me that are frequently misguided.
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I have the greatest picture of Ted [Danson]. That was a big caper,
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I don’t see myself as a diva at all.
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I don’t feel complete. It doesn’t feel like the electricity is making its connections
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I’ve been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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The musical stuff I’d go up for was always funny, sexy, tough-as-nails, heart-of-gold characters.
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Creating a role is an interesting thing – each show or each situation is different.
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I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for your health too. If you are true to yourself, it seems to me everything should work out pretty well
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I’ve never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
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I am a very complicated person.
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If 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.
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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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My audition song is, and has been since 1977, ‘I Love a Piano.
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There 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.
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