I’m incapable of doing anything other than entertaining. I can barely add and I’ve never been able to do my…
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Bette Midler on smoking for Sue Mengers role
[Bette Midler on smoking for Sue Mengers role] The cigarettes nearly killed me. I answer the phone now and people…
Bette Midler [her reaction of Broadway audiences] I
Bette Midler [her reaction of Broadway audiences] I learned to accept the audience’s happiness for me, which is one of…
Bette Midler on Sue Mengers who she played on Broadway
[Bette Midler on Sue Mengers who she played on Broadway] Sue even had a friend blowing marijuana smoke into her…
As an actor you’re supposed to take jobs that will challenge you or force fans to see you in a different light.
As an actor you’re supposed to take jobs that will challenge you or force fans to see you in a…
Bette Midler on Susan Boyle
[Bette Midler on Susan Boyle] She is an act whose time has come. People love that voice. She sings straight.…
As Joan Crawford once said, “I’ll show ya a pair of Golden Globes!”.
As Joan Crawford once said, “I’ll show ya a pair of Golden Globes!”. – Bette Midler
Bette Midler Jokingly Accusing Lady Gaga of stealing her Dolores DeLago routine]
[Bette Midler Jokingly Accusing Lady Gaga of stealing her Dolores DeLago routine] I’ve been doing singing mermaid since 1980. You…
I celebrate everyone’s religious holidays.
“I celebrate everyone’s religious holidays. if it’s good enough for the righteous, it’s good enough for the self-righteous, I always…
“I’m not just vain, I’m ignorant. I’m vignorant!” – Bette Midler
“I’m not just vain, I’m ignorant. I’m vignorant!” – Bette Midler Related articles Bette Midler On Radio Demographics: (bootlegbetty.com) Jerry…
Bette Midler On Desire: If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
Bette Midler On Desire: If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life. Related articles BetteBack September 9, 1998:…
I thought I would be an actorrrr.
“I thought I would be an actorrrr. I thought I’d be Ethel Barrymore. I didn’t know who she was, but…
[on growing up in Hawaii]: We were very poor, it was a hard-scrabble childhood, not particularly happy.
[on growing up in Hawaii]: We were very poor, it was a hard-scrabble childhood, not particularly happy. The best part…
My parents (mother Ruth a seamstress, father Fred a painter) were not encouraging. My father put everybody down.
My parents (mother Ruth a seamstress, father Fred a painter) were not encouraging. My father put everybody down. Yeah, it…
I’m an open-space person. I’m not a believer in sprawl. I don’t particularly care for postmodern architecture.
“I’m an open-space person. I’m not a believer in sprawl. I don’t particularly care for postmodern architecture. I believe in…
I’m glad my daughter has been [university educated]. I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French and music, but who would have me?” – Bette Midler
“I’m glad my daughter has been [university educated]. I sometimes think I should go back to school to learn French…
Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me. – Bette Midler
Thank God for the gays. I don’t know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for…
I’m kind of healthy but have a little bit of arthritis, my eyes are a little shaky. I drank a little, I didn’t do drugs to any great extent.
I’m kind of healthy but have a little bit of arthritis, my eyes are a little shaky. I drank a…
I want world peace. Please. Just for my sake, before I go. I also hope that Meryl Streep has the good taste to step aside and let the rest of us have a crack… but I know she won’t.
I want world peace. Please. Just for my sake, before I go. I also hope that Meryl Streep has the…
You know, I wanted to leave you with the memory of the good beneath the gaudy, the saint beneath the paint, the pure little soul that lurks beneath this lurid exterior… but then again I figured: Fuck’EM IF THEY CAN’T TAKE A JOKE!
“You know, I wanted to leave you with the memory of the good beneath the gaudy, the saint beneath the…
I think that it’s a celebration – that it’s an examination, on a very superficial level, of things that are bad in life. Things that are hard to deal with — but mostly it’s a celebration of the things that are wonderful in life: toe-tapping music; flinging your body about and not caring where it lands and being physically irresponsible.
“I think that it’s a celebration – that it’s an examination, on a very superficial level, of things that are…
I love to work. I love the idea of putting a show together, and I love the idea of putting musical numbers together – and putting commentary together and character.
“I love to work. I love the idea of putting a show together, and I love the idea of putting…
How the album got it’s name: “One morning I was alone in my beach house making coffee and I heard someone outside the door shouting ‘Bathhouse Betty! Bathhouse Betty!
How the album got it’s name: “One morning I was alone in my beach house making coffee and I heard…
” I’ve always said what other people were afraid to say, and always in the shortest, tightest skirt possible.” – Bette Midler
” I’ve always said what other people were afraid to say, and always in the shortest, tightest skirt possible.” –…
“Work is a process of finding out who you are, once you do you can lie down.” – Bette Midler
“Work is a process of finding out who you are, once you do you can lie down.” – Bette Midler
“I LOVE the idea of being a wild woman, but I don’t really want to be one. I think about the consequences. I’m not big on consequences.” – Bette Midler
“I LOVE the idea of being a wild woman, but I don’t really want to be one. I think about…
“I like art and I like work. And the whole thrust of my life has been toward those two things, with romance and family and friends and all other human contact simply tributaries of what is the great stream of my life: my work.” – Bette Midler
“I like art and I like work. And the whole thrust of my life has been toward those two things,…
My whole life had been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God’s presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that lets you see your place in the big picture.
“My whole life had been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God’s presence, the kind of transcendent, magical…