Bette Midler Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“Education is my next big thing. When music and art were taken out of the schools, I went berserk!”

“I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something.”

“I got so far away from what they told you in acting class: Do something different. Producers kept offering me the 'Sister Act' movie, but I said, 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.' I literally said, 'My fans don't want to see me in a wimple.'”

“As an actor, you're supposed to take jobs that will challenge you or force fans to see you in a different light. By the '90s, I wasn't really an actor anymore. I was someone who went on the road with these gigantic concerts.”

“My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.”

“Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.”

“I never know how much of what I say is true.”

“I already have a Tony for my Broadway concert in '73. It's one of the most precious things I've won.”

“I learned to accept the audience's happiness for me, which is one of the hardest things for me to learn.”