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.
BETTE DAVISPray to God and say the lines.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.
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I will never be below the title.
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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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Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
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Home is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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Gay Liberation? I ain’t against it, it’s just that there’s nothing in it for me.
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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Among the reasons marriages fail, sex ranks no higher than fourth, behind money, having only one bathroom, and an inability to communicate, reasons one, two and three.
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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 work to stay alive.
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It’s true we don’t know what we’ve got until its gone, but we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives. Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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