Bette Midler On Producing Beaches: I’m pleased with the film. But producing – who knew it would be so hard? I had to make decisions I never had to make before. In pre-production, I had to find songs and record them, learn choreography and then all kinds of work on details: the colors of sets; casting; hiring the crew; costumes: Barbara didn’t want to wear plaid. It’s like going to war.” (Reading Eagle, December 24, 1988)
