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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.

Bebe Neuwirth

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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Country Differences Roles Sexy
When I was born, they put casts on my legs ’cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.
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Causes Kind Legs
I’ve been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.
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Careers Collaborators Fortunate
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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Ideas People Together
Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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Animal Different Stage Two
Creating a role is an interesting thing – each show or each situation is different.
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Creating Different Interesting
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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Life Performers Stage Tell
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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Girl House Way
I have the greatest picture of Ted [Danson]. That was a big caper,
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Doors Kicking Knives
I am a very complicated person.
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Complicated Often Persons Very
I don’t feel complete. It doesn’t feel like the electricity is making its connections
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Creating Different Interesting Role Thing
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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Dancer Mean Stage
I’ve seen some very beautiful drag queens.
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Beautiful Drag Queen
Artists need to express.
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Artist Express Needs
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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Firsts Spontaneous Way
On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.
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Gym Rare Occasion Silence

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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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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