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Last updated on December 25, 2024.
Bernadette Peters is an American actress, singer, and children's book author. Over a career spanning more than six decades, she has starred in musical theatre, television and film, performed in solo concerts and released recordings. She is a critically acclaimed Broadway performer, having received seven nominations for Tony Awards, winning two, and nine Drama Desk Award nominations, winning three. Four of the Broadway cast albums on which she has starred have won Grammy Awards.
I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.
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 and it spoke to me in a whole new way.
When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.
It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.
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 know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.
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.
Sondheim writes the music and lyrics, and because he's so smart and goes so deep with his feelings, there's a lot to explore, get involved with and learn about.
The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.
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.
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.
I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.
I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.
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.
The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.
We've been listening to Wagner, which is so great.
I love 'Some Enchanted Evening', and 'If I Loved You'. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.
Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.
You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
The first big lead that I had on Broadway was in a show called La Strada.
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.
Getting plenty of sleep is always great. It really is. I have a girlfriend who's sending me a slant board.
No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.
When something isn't done, you want to do something about it.
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.
I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He's as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he's had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way.
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 was like not my era.
The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of 'Carousel', and it was a very vivid experience.
You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?
I love Some Enchanted Evening, and If I Loved You. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.
I've been fortunate in my career to have performed in revivals of great musicals and to have originated roles in musicals that have in turn been revived. And I'm not dead!
Singing lessons are like body building for your larynx.
In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Anton Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!
It was like being high when you reach those high notes.