We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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.
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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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I don’t smoke, I don’t drink much, I don’t eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
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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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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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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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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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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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You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
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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.
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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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