Bernadette Peters Quotes

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• You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
• Getting plenty of sleep is always great. It really is. I have a girlfriend who's sending me a slant board.
• 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.…
• The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.
• I love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
• It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
• It Might As Well Be Spring... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again…
• No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
• 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…
• Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
• When I grew up in the '60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no boobs, and it…
• Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
• I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
• I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
• I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
• 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…
• I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
• Into The Woods was... a lot of running around in the woods! I can't wait to see the show again. People didn't realize it back…
• I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
• When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.

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