Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
BETTE DAVISGay Liberation? I ain’t against it, it’s just that there’s nothing in it for me.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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.
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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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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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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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It’s a very independent male creature that lives alone, and a lot of independent females who live alone. It’s all very sad but it’s much easier for both sexes to do it this way nowadays.
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One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.
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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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There’s only one way to work — like hell.
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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Gay Liberation? I ain’t against it, it’s just that there’s nothing in it for me.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn’t consider dying.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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