Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
BERNADETTE PETERSSinging lessons are like body building for your larynx.
BERNADETTE PETERSI 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 PETERSWhen 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.
BERNADETTE PETERSIt 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.
BERNADETTE PETERSYou’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 don’t smoke, I don’t drink much, I don’t eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
BERNADETTE PETERSThe first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of ‘Carousel’, and it was a very vivid experience.
BERNADETTE PETERSI 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.
BERNADETTE PETERSAnimals 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.
BERNADETTE PETERSNo One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
BERNADETTE PETERSI feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
BERNADETTE PETERS“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.
BERNADETTE PETERSYou’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
BERNADETTE PETERSIt was like being high when you reach those high notes.
BERNADETTE PETERSI know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
BERNADETTE PETERSThe challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
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