Alice Ripley Quotes
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I was always a big fan of 'Pippin' and 'Godspell,' even before I heard 'Meadowlark.'
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I would love to play Mary in 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' or 'Virginia Woolf' or a comedy - just, like, a slapstick comedy.
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I had to go off by myself to try and discover what my talent really was.
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Nothing is hanging on my walls.
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I love New York City. I really do. I 'heart' New York.
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At the end of 'Next to Normal,' you can see the light. 'There will be light.' That's the reason the show exists. Those are the last four words.
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With a lot of contemporary musicals, the songs are like a calling card: the action stops for them.
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As a teen, 'Thunder Road' was always in my head.
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I have fallen deeply in love with songs - musical theatre songs included - over the years, and this experience has taught me to hear and honor the writer's voice in my soul.
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I'm kind of a double middle child.
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All day I wait for my job, which I do at night, and once I get there, I walk a tightrope, jump through hoops, and take breathtaking dives.
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There is genuine healing in a beautifully crafted musical theatre song, like Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind,' or a pop music gem like Joni Mitchell's 'Help Me.'
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I would say that Cynthia Nixon is somebody I admire, and Toni Collette as well. Those women - their work inspires me, whatever they do.
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I'm kind of a dork at being able to dress myself.
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Sometimes you're the only one who thinks you have a good idea.
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I take musical theater seriously.
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'American Psycho' reminds me of my track in 'Tommy,' my first Broadway show. It's similar conceptually and has that rock n' roll streak.
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My Mickey Mouse ears were given to me by a dear friend. They remind me of how I need to be silly.
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I play the guitar every day.
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I was 14. I went to see a production of 'Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,' and when they got to that final song, 'If We Only Have Love,' it was like the top of my head had blown off.
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The audience fills me back up, definitely.
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When 'Next to Normal' won the Pulitzer, that was the moment I felt the show was being defined. There's a certain confidence that comes with being selected.
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Any kind of grieving that is not allowed causes a break. In our culture, grieving in public is not encouraged, but in other cultures, it is done publicly. Some cultures have walls where people can cry. We don't have that. We have theatre where there's always the chance for you to face things within yourself.
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Chrissie Hynde's from Ohio, and so am I. If there's a Cleveland sound, that's what it is.