That 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 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.
More Bebe Neuwirth Quotes
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I want to be dancing the way I’m dancing now for 30 more years.
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I don’t see myself as a diva at all.
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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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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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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 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 can act. I can sing. But I am a dancer
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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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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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People make snap judgments about me that are frequently misguided.
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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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When you’re a dancer who is injured, you are at the bottom of the food chain. We are so replaceable.
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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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The first Broadway show I saw was when I was 11. I saw ‘Hair.
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