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 DAVISTemperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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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 guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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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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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.
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I didn’t forget your breakfast. I didn’t bring your breakfast. Because you didn’t eat your din-din.
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I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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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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