I’ve never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
BEBE NEUWIRTHThe musical stuff I’d go up for was always funny, sexy, tough-as-nails, heart-of-gold characters.
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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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Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling.
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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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I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.
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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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I have the greatest picture of Ted [Danson]. That was a big caper,
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She was wonderful – just a kind, big-hearted, filthy girl. Somehow she could be vulgar without being vulgar.
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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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I made jokes about kissing Murphy Brown. But if that’s what cost me my job, my wife will probably say, “Hey asshole, I told you so”.
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I 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.
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Artists need to express.
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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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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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I don’t have any delusions of grandeur or delusions of failure. In terms of my work, I’ve got a pretty cold honest eye.
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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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