Betty Buckley

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Betty Buckley—Tony-winning Broadway legend, Olivier nominee, and beloved “Voice of Broadway”—has spent nearly six decades in theater, film, television, and music. Best known for Cats and Sunset Boulevard, she is an American Theater Hall of Fame inductee and recipient of the American Songbook Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She joins to discuss her remarkable career, enduring artistry, and the stories behind her most memorable roles.

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0:00.6	For years, I've been saying, I feel like I'm a really fast, talented little racehorse.
0:07.7	They keep taking her out every morning and breezing her and saying, damn, she's fast, but they never let her run the big race, right?
0:13.8	So I just felt like when is my big race coming?
0:17.2	And finally with sunset, I felt like everything I had ever learned, everything
0:22.7	and every body of experience I'd ever gained, all came together in this one role.
0:33.1	From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Milman.
0:40.4	On Design Matters with Debbie Milman. On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about what they do,
0:45.3	how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about, and working on.
0:49.2	On this episode, Betty Buckley talks about her longevity as a performer.
0:53.8	It's about physical strength, mental strength, mental focus, and emotional facility.
1:08.5	Mickey could try to sell his car privately
1:11.3	Or get it sold today with we buy any car
1:15.2	He could spend days on end trying to sell to a bunch of time wasters
1:21.1	Or selling a flash and head to the fun fair with the kids
1:25.5	Proper gutted.
1:29.3	Or proper impressed.
1:31.8	To get a quote in 30 seconds,
1:33.4	enter your reg number now at we by any car.com.
1:38.4	Survived the meeting that could have been an email.
1:40.9	That deserves an Emmy.
1:43.4	Hosted a toddler's birthday party, that deserves an Emmy.
1:47.7	And made it to Friday without getting fired.
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