Bette Midler On The Show Biz Establishment: “I was trying to get jobs in the theater, but I just didn’t fit into the mold. I can show you reams of pictures of myself I used to have in my portfolio. All these girls do it, come from far and near, truss themselves up, push themselves out, get their hair cut and dyed – thousands of dollars spent trying to push themselves into that mold. I made myself so sad because I couldn’t fit,†until she let go of that particular dream. Recognized in herself “a nice person, a whole person, an individual.†(In Concert, August 29, 1973)
