Alice Ripley Quotes

Alice Ripley

Profession : Actor

Birth : December 14, 1963

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.

Alice Ripley

I was in the original cast of 'Sunset Boulevard.' I played Betty. But I wasn't on the cast album.

Alice Ripley

I've always looked to that play, 'Virginia Woolf,' for a cue - as far as any cue I might need as an actor for inspiration or as a writer.

Alice Ripley

I'm like a prize fighter. When I'm not on stage, every action that I take has to be focused on my next performance.

Alice Ripley

Knowing there is a capable back-up willing to give it a try always makes you feel better.

Alice Ripley

Springsteen's 'Thunder Road' and Carole King's 'It's Too Late' are examples of why I am a singer/songwriter. I practice these songs every day. The melodies are timeless in the rock world, the lyrics are words that I need to say, and they need to be heard again.

Alice Ripley

My favorite thing as a performing artist is to get a pile of raw material from a writer who says, 'Will you help me make this real?' There's nothing like starting from scratch.

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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 have learned that music comes in all shapes and sizes.

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I've always been inspired by Patti LuPone.

Alice Ripley

I was always a big fan of 'Pippin' and 'Godspell,' even before I heard 'Meadowlark.'

Alice Ripley

Norm Lewis, who plays Jake in 'Side Show,' and I had a song together in 'Tommy,' and I understudied Mrs. Walker.

Alice Ripley

Parents are destined to sin against their kids; it's inevitable. As is narcissism and the human condition. Everyone has their ego and their ambitions. Life happens in between.

Alice Ripley

I wasn't a musical-theater kid. We went to plays at school and took field trips to see Shakespeare. And that really sparked that fire for me, and so that's still going, and I haven't given up on it.

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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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Sometimes, you find the play; sometimes, the play finds you.

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You've got to chop back the performance like a rose bush. That's when it's beautiful.

Alice Ripley

I love New York City. I really do. I 'heart' New York.

Alice Ripley