I’ve been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that have in turn been revived. And I’m not dead!
BERNADETTE PETERSNo One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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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 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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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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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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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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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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“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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I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot.
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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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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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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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The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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