Bea Arthur Quotes

There's a difference between being an actress who can sing and being a Sally Song-and-Dance.

Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone.

I am an actress first, a singer second.

Physical comedy and musical theatre were never actually in my main focus at school. I was more of a dramatic actor. I always thought I was better at that.

I've got quite a low voice, so it's not your typical musical theater voice, but I do love musicals; they're a very different experience.

I did plays in high school and I really loved it, but I think singing was always what I loved most of all.

I may not be Meryl Streep, but I am not untalented.

I've always loved Broadway, but I never thought I'd actually do it because I was never a full Broadway dancer. And I don't have a big, booming voice.

I feel that I am a good actor.

I'm a chanteuse and a diva, and I'm an actress who likes a script.

I love performing and pretending - it's very easy for me.

I will be singing primarily all the songs from the musicals that I have been in from over the years.

There's hardly anything I've ever done that's made me cringe; I've got pretty good pitch, for a start, so I'm not known for hitting bum notes.

I never thought of myself in comedy at all... I loved going to the theatre and seeing people wearing beautiful clothes come down the staircase and start to dance.

I play grizzlys, but I'm not a grizzly. I'm a song-and-dance man.

Norbert Leo Butz is a master class in energy.

I'm definitely not a song-and-dance guy, and if you've ever heard me sing, you would understand that, 'No, maybe that's not your thing.'

I was Danny Zuko in 'Grease,' and I was in the musical 'Sweet Charity' and then in the musical 'On the Twentieth Century.' They were great. I mean, singing isn't really my strong suit, but I just really enjoyed it.

I know I'm an opera singer, but we're actors, too.

I want people to hear me and say, 'Oh my God, what a voice.'

In Partho's comedy, 'Ami Montri Holam,' I am a minister. This is basically a play and a great actor like Jahor Roy had essayed this role years back. I hope I can deliver five per cent of what he did.

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

My own singing voice is not very good and I don't think that anybody really sings in their own voice.

I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion.

That's my dream: one day, I want to standing on the stage on Broadway. I sing; my dancing is terrible, but I can be trained. That's my dream. That's something I really want to work on.