The first time I saw a picture of [fabled actress] Ethel Barrymore - she was on Broadway and she was wearing pearls.… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a performer, I didn't know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
My parents have not insisted that we go to college, but she wanted us to learn. Teacher, librarian, secretary, nurse. All my… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
When I moved to New York City in 1965, I wanted to be in theater. I was following my Ethel Barrymore dream.… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They'd never seen anything like that.… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
While I was growing up, I believed I could do anything I could think of. So the challenge was always to keep… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
You can't just have a clean public space - you also have to have people willing to use it, and something that will draw… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I read neither good nor bad about me. I let it not even in my life, so it has no effect on me. I… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
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… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
The old forms of entertainment are not extinct. Live performances are the pinnacle. If you can something that people want to see live, then… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
It's the one who won't be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
Culturally, it's very hard to change people's attitudes about public space. — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you're bound to take… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
![“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; I had no idea what it was like actually to be her. In those days, we…” quote by Bette Midler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8cb/bette-midler-1976_actresses_the-first-time-i-saw-a-picture-of-fabled_408548.jpg)
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