I don't honestly have the time or energy to support anybody else's cause but my own, which is self-expression. So I guess,… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Sometimes a job comes to you, and you didn't ask for it. Your work in the past hires you, and that's nice. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
When I did 'Rocky Horror,' I didn't want to meet the audience afterward, because they'd been having a good time yelling names… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I come from the Midwest, from the suburbs - growing up hanging out at the mall and looking at the corn fields… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
When 'Next to Normal' won the Pulitzer, that was the moment I felt the show was being defined. There's a certain confidence… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Any kind of grieving that is not allowed causes a break. In our culture, grieving in public is not encouraged, but in other cultures,… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
'Closure' is the word used for a loss that's not acknowledged - and the habit this causes, physically and mentally, for anybody who is… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
'Next To Normal' is rock music. It's a rock opera. That, definitely, has a place in popular music. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
There were eleven kids, and we all shared a bathroom. It was enough to drive us all insane. — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
I wasn't a musical-theater kid. We went to plays at school and took field trips to see Shakespeare. And that really sparked that fire… — Alice Ripley Copy Share Image
