You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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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The only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
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I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
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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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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.
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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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Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they’re too perplexed about the whole female situation probably.
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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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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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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they’re phonies.
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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I’m not going.
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