Bernadette Peters's Quotes

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

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

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

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

You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much.

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

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

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 'Some Enchanted Evening', and 'If I Loved You'. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.

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

The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.

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

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

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

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

When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.

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

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 give the animals homes and more attention and love.

George M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-minute break. We were both looking out the same window and we knew in five minutes that we'd made a connection.

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. I really miss him a lot.

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 Chekhov!

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 then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark.