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 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 NEUWIRTHI 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”.
BEBE NEUWIRTHPeople are at their happiest if they are true to themselves.
BEBE NEUWIRTHIf 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.
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 NEUWIRTHIn 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
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 NEUWIRTHPart 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 NEUWIRTHAnything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI’ve seen some very beautiful drag queens.
BEBE NEUWIRTHMore than anything I love being on stage and performing
BEBE NEUWIRTHCreating a role is an interesting thing – each show or each situation is different.
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 NEUWIRTHWhen I was born, they put casts on my legs ’cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.
BEBE NEUWIRTHI don’t have any delusions of grandeur or delusions of failure. In terms of my work, I’ve got a pretty cold honest eye.
BEBE NEUWIRTHMy audition song is, and has been since 1977, ‘I Love a Piano.
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