Lay a foundation – get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.
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More Bette Midler Quotes
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hen you’re in your third adulthood, the one that leads to the grave, and you ask yourself, “What will I do between now and then?” Instead of thinking in terms of glamour, you start thinking in terms of reform – your contribution to the world.
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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.
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My mother would only let us go to the musicals.
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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Men’s brains are smaller than those of women so they can fit into their penises.
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When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.
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I never know how much of what I say is true.
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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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When 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 have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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GOD is watching us, from a Distance.
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The [film] industry is an ecosystem that’s sick.
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I think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
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I have a ball – and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That’s my core business, and that’s where I’ll always return.
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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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