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.
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.
More Bebe Neuwirth Quotes
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I don’t see myself as a diva at all.
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Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.
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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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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’ve been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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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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In New York I was always offered the hot, sexy roles. But in L.A. I was offered the plain, dowdy roles. It says a lot about the difference between the coasts
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I’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.
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I am a very complicated person.
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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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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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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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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 was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.
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![Bebe Neuwirth Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/grey-i-loved-jay-thomas-as-eddie-lebec-but-th.jpg)
![Bebe Neuwirth Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/blue-i-loved-jay-thomas-as-eddie-lebec-but-th.jpg)
![Bebe Neuwirth Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/red-i-loved-jay-thomas-as-eddie-lebec-but-th.jpg)
![Bebe Neuwirth Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/brown-i-loved-jay-thomas-as-eddie-lebec-but-th.jpg)
![Bebe Neuwirth Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/images/white-i-loved-jay-thomas-as-eddie-lebec-but-th.jpg)

