Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
BETTE DAVISMen become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn’t do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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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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Home is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
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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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My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
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It’s a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It’s all very sad but it’s much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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If Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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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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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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