Bette Midler On Why She Took A Year Off Work: “I was afraid all the things that make me a human being would be lost. I was tired and I was scared to death, afraid of having to puff myself up into something I’m not. I can pretend to be a star. I can be as grand as the next lady. Listen, I’ve been grand since sixth grade. But to have to do it every day – that isolates you.” (Van Nuys Valley News, July 31, 1975)
