“When you're 20 and you're in acting school and your teachers tell you that 95 percent of actors are unemployed for twenty years, you think it doesn't apply to you. But it does take twenty years to become real, because that's what you have to do to be an interesting actor.”

American actress, singer, songwriter, and mixed media artist

Alice Ripley is an American actress, singer, songwriter, and mixed media artist known for her work in Broadway musicals. She won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for originating Diana Goodman in Next to Normal. Her other Broadway roles include Violet Hilton in Side Show, Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard, and Janet Weiss in The Rocky Horror Show. Her career is closely associated with stage performance, especially musical theatre.