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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.

Bette Davis

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
BETTE DAVIS

Deep Hate People
Pray to God and say the lines.
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God Prayer
There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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Certain Ecstasy Happiness Human Nature Philosophy
One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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Age Beginning Cake Old Time
Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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Art Herself Opinion Women
Getting old is not for sissies.
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Age Old
Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.
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Appearance Look Movie
The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
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Art Baby Entertainment
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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Attractive Men Old Woman
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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Experience Mom Phone Year
You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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Missing Moments Sailing
If Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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Career Life Myself
I was thought to be ‘stuck up.’ I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
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Forgiveness Heartless Quality Stuck Up
You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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Bad Dead Goodness Yourself
I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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Fashion Legs Make Up Myself
I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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Action Death Myself

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