I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable. I suppose I’m larger than life.
BETTE DAVISI think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
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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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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.
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I was never very interested in boys – and there were plenty of them – vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
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Evil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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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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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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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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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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I will never be below the title.
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