Bette Midler On The Divine Miss M:

Bette Midler On The Divine Miss M: “I haven’t exactly buried the Divine Miss M, but I don’t pay much…

Bette Midler On If She’d Like To Do Movies:

Bette Midler On If She’d Like To Do Movies:”Yes, some day. There have been offers but nothing that seemed just…

Bette Midler On Why She Took Off For A Year:

Bette Midler On Why She Took Off For A Year:”Everything happened so fast,” she said. “There was a lot of…

Bette Midler On Her Gay Following:

Bette Midler On Her Gay Following: “Naturally they follow me, because I started out with that audience. But it is…

Bette Midler On Her Ambitions:

Bette Midler On Her Ambitions: “One of my ambitions is to get my live performing down perfectly so I can…

Bette Midler On Her Appendectomy:

Bette Midler On Her Appendectomy: “Migod, there I was, going under the knife on my 30th birthday. Is that some…

Bette Midler:

Bette Midler: “Blonde is so great if yo’re old. There’s nothing like blonde to keep your spirits up. Really. It…

Bette Midler:

Bette Midler: “I was never popular when I was a kid, so I began fantasizing myself as bigger than life…

Bette Midler:

Bette Midler: “We’re in a business that manufactures dreams … and we’re all in on it. This is a free…

Bette Midler:

Bette Midler: “I went on Johnny Carson. He asked me what I was doing, and I said, I work in…

Bette Midler:

Bette Midler: “I’m very ambivalent [about feminism]. On the one hand, I completely understand the impulse behind it, and on…

Bette Midler:

Bette Midler: ” … I say girl because I love to annoy people. I love the word Girl. Gal is…

Bette Midler:

Bette Midler: “I don’t think it was divine retribution. It was insane behavior. It was completely out-to-lunch behavior. There was…

Bette Midler About her role in the Gay Liberation Movement:

Bette Midler About her role in the Gay Liberation Movement: “Parts of it I’m proud of. And parts of it…

Bette Midler:

Bette Midler: “She (the ‘Divine Miss M’) never went anywhere. She’s just a character. That’s the only character that I…

Bette Midler:

Bette Midler: “Basically, what I was doing was a character that has always had a place in show business, and…

Bette Midler: “I wouldn’t say I invented tack, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.”

Bette Midler: “I wouldn’t say I invented tack, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.” — (Midler,…

Bette Midler: “Underneath all this drag I’m really a librarian, you know.”

Bette Midler: “Underneath all this drag I’m really a librarian, you know.” — (Midler, quoted in “Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s Companion”, 9th…

Bette Midler On The First Wive’s Club:

Bette Midler On The First Wive’s Club: “There are a lot of angry women around, and they were rooting for…

Bette Midler On That Old Feeling:

Bette Midler On That Old Feeling: “That Old Feeling” ulfills my desire to do something broad. I like characters who…

Bette Midler At Beverley Hills Press Club:

Bette Midler At Beverley Hills Press Club: “How old is this woman, anyway? Well, honey, I look a good deal…

Bette Midler At The Palace:

Bette Midler At The Palace:”These girls are FILTHY! Simply filthy. They come here directly from Disneyland, where they were a…

Bette Midler On Her Life’s Dream:

Bette Midler On Her Life’s Dream: “I don’t really mean to sound pompous, but I always did think that this…

Bette Midler On Her Life’s Dream:

Bette Midler On Her Life’s Dream: “I don’t really mean to sound pompous, but I always did think that this…

Bette Midler On The First Wive’s Club:

Bette Midler On The First Wive’s Club: “There are a lot of angry women out there, and they saw themselves…

On Movies In General At Age 51:

On Movies In General At Age 51: “I don’t want to make a movie that doesn’t make people laugh. I’m…

Bette Midler On That Old Feeling:

Bette Midler On That Old Feeling: “But you never know if it’s going to be a hit. I thought `For…

Bette Midler On That Old Feeling:

Bette Midler On That Old Feeling: “Leslie Dixon wrote this for me. We both wanted to do something big and…

Bette Midler On Disappointment At Age 51:

Bette Midler On Disappointment At Age 51: “When I was very young and (disappointment) happened to me for the first…

Bette Midler On Directors:

Bette Midler On Directors:”When we produce pictures, to get a director to come on board is very hard. These guys…