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 don't give parties, and I'm not in that social scene. I couldn't care less.

Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

If you have a secret, keep it to yourself.

We now have no record of these famous stage plays, so it turned out to be very narrow-minded thinking.

I think men like the boobie shows. Vegas will always be Vegas.

I did win [on a contest]. And that started me on a new path, and into show business.