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 DAVISHome is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
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I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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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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Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn’t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they’d given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I’m an Aries. I never lose.
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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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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
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I work to stay alive.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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