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.
BETTE DAVISActing should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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If Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn’t do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
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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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She’s the original good time who was had by all.
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Your luck is how you treat people.
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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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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Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.
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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
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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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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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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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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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