BETTE MIDLER

Feb. 5, 1989

“It’s not until you get older that you realize how incredibly juvenile the quest for fame is,” Midler told Parade, shortly after the release of her new movie, Beaches. “You say to yourself, ‘What was I thinking about? What’s important about work is skill and experience, the ability to create something beautiful.’” Midler had been creating beautiful things for 20 years at that point and had won two Grammys; she would win a third in 1990.