Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the … - Bernadette Peters

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Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.

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 was so wonderful to find.

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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.

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

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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!

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

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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.

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