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 PETERSThe first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
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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 don’t smoke, I don’t drink much, I don’t eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
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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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“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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I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
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When something isn’t done, you want to do something about it.
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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’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 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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I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
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I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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