Bernadette Peters

I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.

— Bernadette Peters

When I grew up in the '60s, your hair had to be straight and you had to be skinny and have no…

— Bernadette Peters

You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

— Bernadette Peters

We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.

— Bernadette Peters

You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved…

— Bernadette Peters

I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.

— Bernadette Peters

It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were…

— Bernadette Peters

The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.

— Bernadette Peters

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.

— Bernadette Peters

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what…

— Bernadette Peters

Animals speak with pure affection. It's important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a…

— Bernadette Peters

Getting plenty of sleep is always great. It really is. I have a girlfriend who's sending me a slant board.

— Bernadette Peters

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

— Bernadette Peters

I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought…

— Bernadette Peters

The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.

— Bernadette Peters

I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.

— Bernadette Peters

Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.

— Bernadette Peters

George M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-minute break. We…

— Bernadette Peters

Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.

— Bernadette Peters

I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He's as fine a person as you could ever meet. And…

— Bernadette Peters

When something isn't done, you want to do something about it.

— Bernadette Peters

In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest…

— Bernadette Peters

I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.

— Bernadette Peters

I've been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that…

— Bernadette Peters

It Might As Well Be Spring... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked…

— Bernadette Peters