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.
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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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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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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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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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 first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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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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“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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The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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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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