Bette Midler Quotes

I don't presume to think I'm great at anything.

I've not got any terrible stories of what I had to do to scrabble my way to the top, obviously, because I didn't scrabble my way to the top. I just scrabbled my way to the middle!

I'm a very, very modest person and with limited abilities. I do have the wish to succeed in anything I undertake, and that does help out, but, in general, there are so many other people who are skilled in their field that I feel very ordinary.

I was a pretty mediocre player.

I am not a superstar or an ego. I am just the same as I always was: Someone who plays football.

I am an ordinary man.

I'm a very humble and normal person, and I just go out there and do the job the best that I can do it.

I like cake, I swear a lot, and I hardly ever go to the hairdresser. I don't think I'm a movie star.

I'm a guy with simple tastes.

We make pretty uninteresting reading, I suppose. I mean, we're just another group making records, aren't we?

I'm not a glamorous girl.

Humility is my forte.

It's not my personality to brag in any way or be pretentious. It's just not my nature.

I'm not special. No, I'm a normal player.

Even at our height, we were never very polished.

Modesty isn't one of my strong suits.

I'd rather speak less because I don't consider myself a very intelligent person.

I am not flash at all really, never have been.

Thank God I'm a horrible musician. Good singer, horrible musician.

My friends kidded me about going so far on such modest talent. I always agreed with them. I had no illusions about my films, nor did I consider myself anything special as an actor or a singer.

I'm clearly not an international man of mystery.

I'm always very humble.

I think we live in an entertainment world where performers like to flaunt how great they are. The Conchords don't do that. Even when they stumble onstage, people like it.

In truth, I am nothing but a plodding mediocrity — please observe, a plodding mediocrity — for a mere mediocrity does not go very far, but a plodding one gets quite a distance. There is joy in that success, and a distinction can come from courage, fidelity and industry.