I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.
BETTE DAVISI wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn’t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they’d given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I’m an Aries. I never lose.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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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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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Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.
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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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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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I’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.
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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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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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Success only breeds a new goal
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I work to stay alive.
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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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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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