Some 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.
BETTE DAVISPlaying 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.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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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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You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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Good actors I’ve worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
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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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If Hollywood didn’t work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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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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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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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they’re phonies.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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Evil people you never forget them. And that’s the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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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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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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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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