There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
BETTE DAVISIt has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.
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I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
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It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn’t do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
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The world’s all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That’s what writers are thinking about because that’s what the world is thinking about.
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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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Evil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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Mother of three; divorcee; American. Twenty years experience as an actress in motion pictures. Mobile still and more affable than rumour would have it. Wants steady employment in Hollywood. (Has had Broadway). References upon request.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
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