People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
BETTE DAVISIf men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
More Bette Davis Quotes
-
-
Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
BETTE DAVIS -
You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
BETTE DAVIS -
There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
BETTE DAVIS -
Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
BETTE DAVIS -
I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
BETTE DAVIS -
I was thought to be ‘stuck up.’ I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
BETTE DAVIS -
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 DAVIS -
Getting old is not for sissies.
BETTE DAVIS -
I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
BETTE DAVIS -
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.
BETTE DAVIS -
One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
BETTE DAVIS -
If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
BETTE DAVIS -
Pray to God and say the lines.
BETTE DAVIS -
Evil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
BETTE DAVIS -
Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
BETTE DAVIS







