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 PETERSI don’t smoke, I don’t drink much, I don’t eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
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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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 love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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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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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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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 feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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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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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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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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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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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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Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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