On Aging: “Do I like getting older?

On Aging: “Do I like getting older? You know, I fight it tooth and nail, I really do. Oh yeah.…

“I’m a VERY opinionated young lady.

“I’m a VERY opinionated young lady. I have my opinions about things. And mine are the only correct ones. DIG?”…

Bette Midler On Making The Rose

Bette Midler On Making The Rose: “There are things I could have done better in the film, but it is…

Bette Midler On How Entertaining Made Her Popular In High School

Bette Midler On How Entertaining Made Her Popular In High School: “After that (performing in fifth grade) I was elected…

Bette Midler On Discovering Acting: In Her Sophmore Year In High School:

Bette Midler On Discovering Acting: In Her Sophmore Year In High School: “I discovered I could act for a lot…

Bette Midler On Discovering Acting

Bette Midler On Discovering Acting: In Her Sophmore Year In High School: “I discovered I could act for a lot…

Bette Midler On Her Father Fred Midler

Bette Midler On Her Father Fred Midler: “He went out in ’37, during the Great Depression, which we never stopped…

Bette Midler On Her Gay Audiences: “I still have a real strong gay following.

Bette Midler On Her Gay Audiences: “I still have a real strong gay following. I love them. They are loyal.” …

Bette Midler On Her Audiences: “My audience is pretty broad now.

Bette Midler On Her Audiences: “My audience is pretty broad now. All ages, sexes. Old people think of me as…

What Bette Midler Attributes to The Appeal Of Her Low Rent Humor

What Bette Midler Attributes to The Appeal Of Her Low Rent Humor: “Just youthful high spirits. my dear! Lewd can…

Bette Midler On Her Lewdness In Her Act And In The Rose

Bette Midler On Her Lewdness In Her Act And In The Rose: “I’m much lewder in my real act than…

Why Bette Midler Wants To Do A Concert Movie After The Rose

Why Bette Midler Wants To Do A Concert Movie After The Rose: “I love to sing. And I think people…

Bette Midler On Singing No Frills Rock N’ Roll

Bette Midler On Singing No Frills Rock N’ Roll: “I’ve always sung some. Not a great deal of it. I…

Bette Midler on Past Drug Use

Bette Midler on Past Drug Use: “Drugs? I have a paranoid thing about them. I go to that black place…

Bette Midler On Biting While Drinking

Bette Midler On Biting While Drinking: “It’s really embarrassing when people see me and I’m looped. I bite people. Not…

Bette Midler On The Rose Character: “There’s a lot of me in that character. I found myself and brought myself.

Bette Midler On The Rose Character: “There’s a lot of me in that character. I found myself and brought myself.…

Bette Midler On The Rose

Bette Midler On The Rose: “It goes along with the martyrs. All the martyrs from Billie Holiday to Judy Garland.…

Bette Midler giving the silent finger to someone at the Beast Of Burden premiere in 1984

Bette Midler giving the silent finger to someone at the Beast Of Burden premiere in 1984

Bette Midler On The Rose

Bette Midler On The Rose: “It goes along with the martyrs. All the martyrs from Billie Holiday to Judy Garland.…

To The Audience At Experience The Divine

To The Audience At Experience The Divine: Hi, How-are-ya doin’ How’ve you been the last 10 years? Time flies when…

To The Audience At Experience The Divine

To The Audience At Experience The Divine: “ It’s nice to see the trash out tonight. (New Castle News Weekend,…

Director Mark Rydell On Seeing Bette Perform Superstar On The Burt Bacharach Special

Director Mark Rydell On Seeing Bette Perform Superstar On The Burt Bacharach Special: “I realized then that she was tremendously…

Director Mark Rydell On Bette Midler; “She is savagely honest.

Director Mark Rydell On Bette Midler; “She is savagely honest. She has a built-in phony detector and it is working…

Mark Rydell On Bette Midler In The Rose: “In person Bette is quiet and introspective.

Mark Rydell On Bette Midler In The Rose: “In person Bette is quiet and introspective. As Rose she is a…

Director Mark Rydell On Bette Midler Getting Into Character Of The Rose: “There were some difficult moments.

Director Mark Rydell On Bette Midler Getting Into Character Of The Rose: “There were some difficult moments. I told Bette…

Director Mark Rydell On Bette Midler Getting Into Character Of The Rose: “There were some difficult moments.

Director Mark Rydell On Bette Midler Getting Into Character Of The Rose: “There were some difficult moments. I told Bette…

Bette Midler On Pop Music: “In the early days of rock and roll everybody was real.

Bette Midler On Pop Music: “In the early days of rock and roll everybody was real. But the bigger the…

Bette Midler On Pop Music: “You know what makes me the craziest?

Bette Midler On Pop Music: “You know what makes me the craziest? It’s the homogenization in the record industry today.…

Bette Midler On Jinxed: “I wanted to make the best movie I could.

Bette Midler On Jinxed: “I wanted to make the best movie I could. It’s hard to be dignified when one…

Bette Midler On Jinxed: “I never knew it got so ugly.

Bette Midler On Jinxed: “I never knew it got so ugly. I never knew it got down to such mudslinging.…

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