If Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
BETTE DAVISTemperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Getting old is not for sissies.
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Gay Liberation? I ain’t against it, it’s just that there’s nothing in it for me.
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
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To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
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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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You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
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I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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There’s only one way to work — like hell.
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Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother’s old farmhouse — all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and nothing whatsoever in the attic.
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It 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.
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Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! – As Margo Channing in All About Eve
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I work to stay alive.
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