I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!
BETTE DAVISSome 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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I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable. I suppose I’m larger than life.
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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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If Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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I was thought to be ‘stuck up.’ I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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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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Yes, burn your bridges.
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