I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
BETTE DAVISI often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.
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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
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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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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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It’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you’re not. It’s a sign of your worth sometimes, if you’re hated by the right people.
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I will never be below the title.
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I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.
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There’s only one way to work — like hell.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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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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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
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It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they’re phonies.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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