Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.
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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I will never be below the title.
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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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Home is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn’t know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative.
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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 never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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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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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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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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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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