What Advice Would Bette Midler Give To Others Seeking To Get In The Entertainment Business: “I’d tell them ‘Don’t bother,’ ” she’snapped. “The nature of the business eats you up. It eats you alive. Talent has nothing to do with it. It’s the qualities you have to have in order to succeed – great anxiety, violent insecurity. The very nature of the business breeds fear. Everywhere there is bitterness and jealousy. The worst part of having success is to try finding someone who is happy for you. You don’t really find that “not in this business.” What the success breeds is fear. One day you’re on top and the next day you’re in the gutter.” (Salt Lake Tribune, March 5, 1976)
