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.
BETTE DAVISI wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn’t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they’d given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I’m an Aries. I never lose.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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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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The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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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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I will never be below the title.
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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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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
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You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
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