On preserving the integrity of playing Peter Pan: "Everyone has some relationship with [the story] and [people are] protective of Peter Pan. I prefer that . . . If you love Peter Pan you're going to be in his face and in his thoughts up close with all of us for the first time ever. You'll get to see what we're thinking in these little moments, and it's going to be a real privilege in this medium of theater and television.
"When I heard [NBC was] doing Peter Pan, I had that instinct like, 'Whoever does this better know what she's doing. I hope they take good care of the role.' And now that's on me, I promise to take good care of it. So now when people say, 'Oh you're playing Peter Pan,' the first words out of my mouth are 'I will take good care of him,' because I want them to know that I know what a gift this is and how grateful I am to play this role. It doesn't come along often on this stage and platform so I am very aware of the responsibility.
"I think people will feel a real connection to Peter Pan, and it occupies such a nostalgic place in people's hearts. People come up to me on the street, and they are like, 'Oh my god, Peter Pan is my favorite thing!' I recently met Patty Smith, who is the coolest person alive, and she was like, 'Peter Pan, huh? Good luck. I love Peter Pan.' And I was like, 'OK, Patty Smith.' She believed I could pull it off and she saw I was ready."
![On preserving the integrity of playing Peter Pan: "Everyone has some relationship with [the story] and [people are] protective of Peter Pan. I prefer that . . . If you love Peter Pan you're going to be in his face and in his thoughts up close with all of us for the first time ever. You'll get to see what we're thinking in these little moments, and it's going to be a real privilege in this medium of theater and television.
"When I heard [NBC was] doing Peter Pan, I had that instinct like, 'Whoever does this better know what she's doing. I hope they take good care of the role.' And now that's on me, I promise to take good care of it. So now when people say, 'Oh you're playing Peter Pan,' the first words out of my mouth are 'I will take good care of him,' because I want them to know that I know what a gift this is and how grateful I am to play this role. It doesn't come along often on this stage and platform so I am very aware of the responsibility.
"I think people will feel a real connection to Peter Pan, and it occupies such a nostalgic place in people's hearts. People come up to me on the street, and they are like, 'Oh my god, Peter Pan is my favorite thing!' I recently met Patty Smith, who is the coolest person alive, and she was like, 'Peter Pan, huh? Good luck. I love Peter Pan.' And I was like, 'OK, Patty Smith.' She believed I could pull it off and she saw I was ready."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/BBHGO4dDcI9ocp97ZM2L5fYHW2w/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2014/10/30/888/n/1922153/9991cd6994f9c28f_NUP_165234_0580/i/preserving-integrity-playing-Peter-Pan-Everyone-has-some.jpg "On preserving the integrity of playing Peter Pan: \"Everyone has some relationship with [the story] and [people are] protective of Peter Pan. I prefer that . . . If you love Peter Pan you're going to be in his face and in his thoughts up close with all of us for the first time ever. You'll get to see what we're thinking in these little moments, and it's going to be a real privilege in this medium of theater and television.
\"When I heard [NBC was] doing Peter Pan, I had that instinct like, 'Whoever does this better know what she's doing. I hope they take good care of the role.' And now that's on me, I promise to take good care of it. So now when people say, 'Oh you're playing Peter Pan,' the first words out of my mouth are 'I will take good care of him,' because I want them to know that I know what a gift this is and how grateful I am to play this role. It doesn't come along often on this stage and platform so I am very aware of the responsibility.
\"I think people will feel a real connection to Peter Pan, and it occupies such a nostalgic place in people's hearts. People come up to me on the street, and they are like, 'Oh my god, Peter Pan is my favorite thing!' I recently met Patty Smith, who is the coolest person alive, and she was like, 'Peter Pan, huh? Good luck. I love Peter Pan.' And I was like, 'OK, Patty Smith.' She believed I could pull it off and she saw I was ready.\"")
