I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
BETTE DAVISOne can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn’t have had a career.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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There’s only one way to work — like hell.
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Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn’t dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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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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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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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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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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