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When I grew up in the ’60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it was like not my era.

Bernadette Peters

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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Accepted Feel Gay Marriage
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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Girl Lesson Pick Spring Voice
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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Animal Giving Home Important Up
It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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High Notes Notes
The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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Challenge Film Moving
When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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About Done Something Want
The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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Bigs Broadway Firsts
When I grew up in the ’60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it was like not my era.
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Boobs Eras Hair Skinny Straight
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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Oscars Song Wonderful
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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Careers Challenges Gay Woman
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!
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Careers Great Music Roles
I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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Kids Pasta Sauce
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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Enchanted Evening Favorites Loved
Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
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Animal Healing Important
Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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Body Lesson Singing
I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
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Mama Roles Rose

When I grew up in the ’60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it was like not my era.

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