Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
BERNADETTE PETERSWe’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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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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You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
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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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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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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 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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No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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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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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 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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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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