The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
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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Success only breeds a new goal
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Yes, burn your bridges.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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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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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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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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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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If everyone likes you, you’re not doing it right.
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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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One can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn’t have had a career.
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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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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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I will never be below the title.
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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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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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