The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
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 feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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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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No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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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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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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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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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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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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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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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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You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
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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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