When you’re a dancer who is injured, you are at the bottom of the food chain. We are so replaceable.
BEBE NEUWIRTHWhen you’re a dancer who is injured, you are at the bottom of the food chain. We are so replaceable.
BEBE NEUWIRTHThat 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.
BEBE NEUWIRTHThe first Broadway show I saw was when I was 11. I saw ‘Hair.
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 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 really loved Kelsey [Grammer]. It wasn’t a romantic love, but there was something about him. It’s very difficult to see someone you care about having a hard time.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI can act. I can sing. But I am a dancer
BEBE NEUWIRTHCreating a role is an interesting thing – each show or each situation is different.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI 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
BEBE NEUWIRTHI 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.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI’m not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It’s just not who I am.
BEBE NEUWIRTHShakespeare feels very natural to me.
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.
BEBE NEUWIRTHMy audition song is, and has been since 1977, ‘I Love a Piano.
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