Live is exciting, live is real, the people are there.

You probably only know what you've read [about Marilyn Monroe].You didn't know her. The people who talk about her didn't know her either.

If you do a musical, it's really thrilling and it's a lot of work, but it's very rewarding. I would say, for me, what I like best is what I do, which is, I call it vaudeville, I call it live, I call it in concert, I call it what Bette Midler does, and what Garland did for years, and Ethel Merman.

I never thought about doing men. Never.

I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.

I don't think anything I could ever do could make Gene Kelly look better than he was.

I've always had life threats, and they've always been for real.