To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
BETTE DAVISThe best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
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I was never very interested in boys – and there were plenty of them – vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
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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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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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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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Yes, burn your bridges.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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I 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.
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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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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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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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To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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