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 PETERSAnimals 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.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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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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The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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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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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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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 was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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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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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.
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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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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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I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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