A biography for Alice Ripleyhasn’t been written yet.
“'Closure' is the word used for a loss that's not acknowledged - and the habit this causes, physically and mentally, for anybody who is participating in that.”
“I didn't see any Broadway till I was in my late twenties.”
“I love D.C. I love working there.”
“Part of the frustration of being bipolar is people don't understand what it feels like.”
“When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor in classics like Shaw and Shakespeare and Chekov and Ibsen.”
“You always kind of feel like you're rolling the dice as an actor.”
“As long as a tune has the power to move me, I'm a lifelong fan.”
“Nothing is hanging on my walls.”
“I have learned that music comes in all shapes and sizes.”
“If there were a song from 'West Side Story' that I would do, it would be 'Something's Coming,' but in a sense that put it in the right key for me and then do that one.”
“David Mamet gives me great heart. When I ask myself, 'I don't know if I can do this again,' Mamet would say, 'Oh yes, you can.'”
“There were eleven kids, and we all shared a bathroom. It was enough to drive us all insane.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I cry at Kodak commercials.”
“Don't get me wrong: I love having my own song and being the center of attention, but I also love being part of the group and making the show work in a more anonymous way.”
“Facebook and Twitter and Instagram are excellent ways to keep in touch with the audience and maintain your image an actor.”
“I would love to play Mary in 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' or 'Virginia Woolf' or a comedy - just, like, a slapstick comedy.”
“I sometimes write songs on the piano, even though I don't actually play the piano. I always hire someone to play for me whenever I decide to sing a song I have written on the piano. My song 'Rosa' is one.”
“George Benson's 'This Masquerade' is my favorite version of Leon Russell's blue gem.”