“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.
BERNADETTE PETERSI love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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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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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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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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The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
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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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The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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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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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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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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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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No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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