Alice Ripley

What made me so brave? Maybe it was being the middle kid of 11, and we all had to share one bathroom.…

— Alice Ripley

Tom Kitt aside - he's in his own category with me, of course - Stephen Sondheim is one of my all-time favorite…

— Alice Ripley

When you're 20 and you're in acting school and your teachers tell you that 95 percent of actors are unemployed for twenty…

— Alice Ripley

As long as a tune has the power to move me, I'm a lifelong fan.

— Alice Ripley

I'm drawn to raw material and raw emotions.

— Alice Ripley

If there were a song from 'West Side Story' that I would do, it would be 'Something's Coming,' but in a sense…

— Alice Ripley

I come from the Midwest, from the suburbs - growing up hanging out at the mall and looking at the corn fields…

— Alice Ripley

I had to go off by myself to try and discover what my talent really was.

— Alice Ripley

Sometimes, you find the play; sometimes, the play finds you.

— Alice Ripley

I would say that Cynthia Nixon is somebody I admire, and Toni Collette as well. Those women - their work inspires me,…

— Alice Ripley

When the decades pass and you're working in this business, the audiences get older with you. That's the nice part about it.…

— Alice Ripley

When you're an actor, you do get involved with your characters - your emotional life is tied up with theirs, and so…

— Alice Ripley

I've always been drawn to raw material.

— Alice Ripley

George Benson's 'This Masquerade' is my favorite version of Leon Russell's blue gem.

— Alice Ripley

I just think Brian d'Arcy James is a dream come true. I've known of him ever since I saw him in 'Titanic,'…

— Alice Ripley

With a lot of contemporary musicals, the songs are like a calling card: the action stops for them.

— Alice Ripley

There is genuine healing in a beautifully crafted musical theatre song, like Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind,' or a pop music gem…

— Alice Ripley

Chrissie Hynde's from Ohio, and so am I. If there's a Cleveland sound, that's what it is.

— Alice Ripley

I don't really talk about 'Next to Normal' that much anymore.

— Alice Ripley

I have fallen deeply in love with songs - musical theatre songs included - over the years, and this experience has taught…

— Alice Ripley

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

At the end of 'Next to Normal,' you can see the light. 'There will be light.' That's the reason the show exists.…

— Alice Ripley

The musicals on Broadway have not necessarily been true musical theater. I'm speaking generally, of course: I saw 'Spring Awakening,' and I…

— Alice Ripley

Leisure time is when I'm not at the Booth Theater.

— Alice Ripley