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.
Barbara CookOn 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.
Barbara CookIf you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.
Barbara CookWhat actors need to do is to find a way to show people their despair, their joy, their pain, their exhilaration. All of these deep, deep emotional things - good and bad - so that if you're able to do that, then there's a kind of resonance that happens.
Barbara Cook