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.
BETTE DAVISSuccess only breeds a new goal
More Bette Davis Quotes
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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I work to stay alive.
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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.
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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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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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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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If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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I’d luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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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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