Barbara Cook
Barbara Cook
Barbara Cookis an American singer and actress who first came to prominence in the 1950s after starring in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy, Candideand The Music Manamong others, winning a Tony Award for the last. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid-1970s, when she began a second career that continues to this day as a cabaret and concert singer. She has also made numerous recordings...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth25 October 1927
CityAtlanta, GA
thinking years three
Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.
american-celebrity body drinking might saw simply stopped
I stopped drinking because my body simply would not do it anymore. And fortunately, when I saw that I might not be able to work, that did it for me.
american-celebrity nor roles
I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.
new-year years symphony
New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
military afternoon tap-dancers
On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap.
looks remember photograph
I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.
starting-over people needs
Young people who are just starting out somehow need to let you know they know how to sing.
thinking firsts my-family
I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
teacher thinking want
The world wants us to be who we truly are, not who we think others want us to be.
desire quitting
I have absolutely no desire and no thought of quitting ever.
lying safety dangerous
The place that seems most dangerous is exactly where safety lies.
jobs addiction ifs
If you’re happy, you eat. If you’re sad, you eat. You lose a job, you eat. You get a job, you eat. It’s, you know, it’s addiction,
being-yourself essence competition
If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.
broccoli dollar
A dollar a pound? ... You know broccoli rabe is $2.99 in the store, a pound.