Betty Buckley

“We can't compare stories. We can only know in our hearts that we are the same. That may be the best we can do.”

“'Preacher' really appeals to my iconoclastic nature because I'm a student of comparative world religions since my early 20s, so I love shows that really challenge what you think about all these things. I think it's genius. I was so excited there was a role I could play on it.”

“Theater, especially musical theater, is a collaborative endeavor. The success of the venture is about the team.”

“T Bone and I grew up together in Fort Worth, Texas. He had his own recording studio by the time he was seventeen years old. When we were both nineteen he made the first archival recording of my voice.”

“The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.”

“When there's an opportunity to do more, we must.”

“Well, the teacher I studied with for nineteen and a half years was a man named Paul Gavert. He was a great lieder singer, so basically I'm a trained lieder singer because of that teacher. The teacher I currently study with - since 1995 - is Joan Lader, who also studied with Gavert.”

“Everything good that I know was taught to me by great teachers and I feel like giving back and sharing the technique is the thing to do.”

“I am wearing Santo Loquasto's beautiful costumes. I get to stand on stage at 71 years old wearing the most darling dance boots. I am working with my dresser, who is the best dresser on Broadway; he's traveling with me. It's divine. It doesn't get better than this.”