Bette Midler On The Rose Character: “There’s a lot of me in that character. I found myself and brought myself. When I didn’t find it, I brought it. I try not to dig into that deep self-pitying place. I’ve spent years there. It’s all destructive. You can’t produce anything when you’re in that place. Sometimes I still go there. It’s like an old habit.” (The Milwaukee Journal Dec 2, 1979) – Bette Midler
