“If you are in a play, and you catch a cold, you are able to muddle through. If you are carrying a musical, it's a different thing altogether. It's the great fear of any singer's life.” IfsDifferentPlayAbleColdMusicalSingersDifferent ThingsMuddle Author:Elaine Paige
“If you're a serious actor, you wouldn't put yourself up for one of those shows in case you got bumped off the first week and all your colleagues saw it.” IfsFirstsShowsActorsCasesSawsWeekSeriousColleagues Author:Elaine Paige
“Oh, it was awful, and I vowed to myself I would never, ever push myself to the edge that much again. It was really frightening. Because absolutely everything seemed to be impossible to deal with, just little things became major - noise, if someone had a radio on, or even the sound of traffic, or being in someone's company for longer than 10 minutes - I started to find it all too much.” IfsLittlesSoundDealsCompanyToo MuchImpossibleMinutesMajorsEdgesRadioNoiseAwfulLittle ThingsFrighteningTraffic Author:Elaine Paige