You’d look out and there’d be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much.
BERNADETTE PETERSNo One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men’s Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.
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I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He’s as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he’s had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way.
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Animals speak with pure affection. It’s important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love.
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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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“Into the Woods” was… a lot of running around in the woods! I can’t wait to see the show again. People didn’t realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark.
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It Might As Well Be Spring… I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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I love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
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You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
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