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.
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.
More Bette Midler Quotes
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.
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I have my standards. They’re low, but I have them.
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If only I’d known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.
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I don’t need anyone to write me a show in my style, I would like to do a show in a style that wasn’t my style, because that’s the only way I can grow up and grow out.
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People have an obligation to live up to their potential.
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We are all part of the ecosystem.
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A person’s life is a journey, a road. Sometimes you go off the road and sometimes you stay on all the way through. But you are the only one on that road. It’s your road.
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If somebody makes me laugh, I’m his slave for life.
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If 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.
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When you reach a certain age, you have fulfilled your childhood dream and whatever your first or second adulthood led you to do. T
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When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London.
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I always wanted to be a performer, I didn’t know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movies a whole lot, and I loved music.
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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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I fear for the future of the planet. But in a funny way, I’m even sanguine about that.
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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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