You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
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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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 feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there’s great truth in the songs, and that’s what was so wonderful to find.
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
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In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Anton Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!
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George M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-minute break. We were both looking out the same window and we knew in five minutes that we’d made a connection.
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I don’t smoke, I don’t drink much, I don’t eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
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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 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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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 pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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