I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
BETTE DAVISSome 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.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! – As Margo Channing in All About Eve
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If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative.
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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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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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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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.
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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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There’s only one way to work — like hell.
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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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