Bebe Neuwirth Quotes

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• People make snap judgments about me that are frequently misguided.
• Part of the success of the show is that the audience sees themselves in the characters, becomes the characters. The more they inhabit the characters,…
• In New York I was always offered the hot, sexy roles. But in L.A. I was offered the plain, dowdy roles. It says a lot…
• I've been on stage since I was 7. That's where I'd rather be than anywhere else. Just because you can do a bunch of things…
• I don't see my dancing or acting as two separate things. I don't define them separately, so I can't say one has helped the other,…
• People are at their happiest if they are true to themselves. I think that applies to their chosen profession, friends and relationships. It goes for…
• Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
• If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've…
• Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling.
• I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
• I know when I'm bad, I know when I'm good, and I know when I'm everything in between. I don't have any delusions of grandeur…
• You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not…
• Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.
• Artists need to express.
• Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
• I am a very complicated person.
• I don't see myself as a diva at all.
• I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.
• I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.
• I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.

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