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.
BETTE DAVISOne begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!
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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring. I ought to know.
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.
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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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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.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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I work to stay alive.
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I’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.
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Yes, burn your bridges.
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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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You’ve got to know someone pretty well to hate them.
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I didn’t forget your breakfast. I didn’t bring your breakfast. Because you didn’t eat your din-din.
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