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.
BERNADETTE PETERSStephen 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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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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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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The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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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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Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
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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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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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No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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