There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
BETTE DAVISLife is the past, the present and the perhaps.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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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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As a female I think it’s a terrible hindrance in business. I think it’s a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it’s even worse because there’s deep resentment.
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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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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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It’s a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It’s all very sad but it’s much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.
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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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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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It’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. It’s a sign of your worth sometimes, if you’re hated by the right people.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
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I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.
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The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
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Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child.He needs guidance.If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
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The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
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Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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I didn’t forget your breakfast. I didn’t bring your breakfast. Because you didn’t eat your din-din.
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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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