I’ve forbidden my daughter to have grandchildren, I’m too young.
BETTE MIDLERIf they [at the audition] don’t like the way you sound they won’t buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.
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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The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It’s a completely different way to get entertainment.
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My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
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I’ve always been lucky enough to have great audiences. It has been quite a life.
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When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.
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A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
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All these rumors about [Tom Cruise] being gay. I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it for one minute. He hasn’t been to one of my shows.
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Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week.
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My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my siblings were employed. But I wanted to be the boss, an independent contractor.
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I’ve always said that people have unrealistic expectations.
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I want to have fun, and I want to give people a good laugh.
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The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.
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If I don’t feel right about what I’m in, I don’t feel right about anything.
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I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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I’m looking for something that gives me a chance to stretch. Because I have my own work, and I can do anything I want in my own work – juggle, tap dance, anything I want.
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