The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
BERNADETTE PETERSWe’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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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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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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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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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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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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 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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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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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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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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