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.
BERNADETTE PETERSI feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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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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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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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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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’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’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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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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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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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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No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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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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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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