You know what nostalgia is, don’t you? It’s basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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 will never be below the title.
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The secret of marriage is: separate bedrooms and separate bathrooms.
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I guess I’m larger than life. That’s my problem.
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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I was never very interested in boys – and there were plenty of them – vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
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Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.
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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.
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
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I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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I work to stay alive.
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