Bette Midler On Turning To Her First Love: “Acting is what I’ve always done. I started in the theater. I thought I would be a great dramatic actress. I was 16 when I started, and I always expected to be some kind of leading lady. But when I got to New York, leading ladies don’t look like me, they’re not build like me. It was kind of hard to get those jobs because there were established people to contend with.” (Advocate, November 10, 1977)
