One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
BETTE DAVISI never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Good actors I’ve worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
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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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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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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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Strong women only marry weak men.
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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
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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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There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.
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Yes, burn your bridges.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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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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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
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