I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
BETTE DAVISIf Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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You should know me well enough by now to know I don’t ask for things I don’t think I can get.
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An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring. I ought to know.
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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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 am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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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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Evil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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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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The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God’s joke on humanity. It is man’s last desperate stand at superintendency.
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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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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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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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