In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov! — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
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! — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie. — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
When I grew up in the '60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and… — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for? — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
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… — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun. — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there… — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada. — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
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… — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
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,… — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
Getting plenty of sleep is always great. It really is. I have a girlfriend who's sending me a slant board. — Bernadette Peters Copy Share Image
