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.
BERNADETTE PETERSSinging lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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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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The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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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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Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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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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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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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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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 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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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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