I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
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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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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The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
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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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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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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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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 don’t smoke, I don’t drink much, I don’t eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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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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Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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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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