I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can’t stop it.
BETTE MIDLERWhen the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They’d never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior.
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People are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
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You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.
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You can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
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There comes a time whenyou haveto let yourclothesgo out in the world and try to make it on their own.
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I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
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It’s important that you all agree on what the parameters are and what you can accomplish – and not get pissed off or beat yourself up for what you can’t accomplish.
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The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore – she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls. I thought, “That’s who I should grow up to be.” It’s odd, because it was her physical image that I wanted;
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If sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
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Music is probably the only place I get energy from. Music and maybe watching a really tremendous performer, watching a terrific performer like Jagger or watching a great movie.
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I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I am very sensitive.
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The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.
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Everyone goes through their winters and springs, and their summers and autumns.
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There’s a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don’t really do with your family.
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I tried to charm the pants off Bob Dylan, but everyone will be disappointed to learn that I was unsuccessful. I got close – a couple of fast feels in the front seat of a Cadillac.
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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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