I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
BERNADETTE PETERSThe challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
More Bernadette Peters Quotes
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The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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I’d like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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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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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’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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You’ve got to be original, because if you’re like someone else, what do they need you for?
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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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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 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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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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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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We’ve been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
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