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;
BETTE MIDLERThe 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;
BETTE MIDLERYou have to be alert. When my daughter, Sophie, came out of the womb, she was instantly alert, as if she had been here before. And she was a little disappointed that she was here again.
BETTE MIDLERWe are all part of the ecosystem.
BETTE MIDLERI think the essence of humor has not changed. It’s all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed.
BETTE MIDLERI 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 you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. T
BETTE MIDLERI bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.
BETTE MIDLERI firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.
BETTE MIDLERHere I am, one of the most colorful women of my time – if not of my block – being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.
BETTE MIDLERIf sex is such a natural phenomenon, how come there are so many books on how to do it?
BETTE MIDLERCats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I’ll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?
BETTE MIDLERYou can feel compassion for others without feeling victimized yourself.
BETTE MIDLERSometimes, when I wake up, my soul is in another city!
BETTE MIDLERI’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.
BETTE MIDLERAfter thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
BETTE MIDLERMy 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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