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What made me so brave? Maybe it was being the middle kid of 11, and we all had to share one bathroom. New underwear? I never discovered that until I got into college.
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There were eleven kids, and we all shared a bathroom. It was enough to drive us all insane.
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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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I'm kind of a dork at being able to dress myself.
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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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Chrissie Hynde's from Ohio, and so am I. If there's a Cleveland sound, that's what it is.
Alice Ripley
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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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Uzo Aduba over at 'Godspell' is doing an even more entertaining Donald Trump than Donald Trump's Donald Trump.
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George Benson's 'This Masquerade' is my favorite version of Leon Russell's blue gem.
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I have a soft spot for vintage movie houses covered in goo; what can I say?
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When the decades pass and you're working in this business, the audiences get older with you. That's the nice part about it. They're so supportive and so loving.
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I cry at Kodak commercials.
Alice Ripley
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I'm a strong follower of hydrotherapy.
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I've been committed to personal growth since I was a teenager, and I'm a believer in the idea that your thought is the only thing that matters.
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I think I enjoy Sondheim so much because of the lyrics. The lyrics, the cornucopia of options.
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I've always been drawn to raw material.
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'Next To Normal' is rock music. It's a rock opera. That, definitely, has a place in popular music.
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It's nice to be in a smaller room. I like the big arenas as well, but at my core, I'm a live performer, so it's nice to be able to feel the warmth of everybody in the room.
Alice Ripley
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I love every minute of my work.
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I take a lot of naps.
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I come from the Midwest, from the suburbs - growing up hanging out at the mall and looking at the corn fields across the street. I kind of was embarrassed by it for a long time. Then I decided, 'Hey, if everyone else can embrace their homeland and where they're from, I can do the same!'
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I was in the original cast of 'Sunset Boulevard.' I played Betty. But I wasn't on the cast album.
Alice Ripley