At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.
BETTE DAVISIf everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.
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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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Gay Liberation? I ain’t against it, it’s just that there’s nothing in it for me.
BETTE DAVISGay Liberation? I ain’t against it, it’s just that there’s nothing in it for me.
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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
BETTE DAVISI firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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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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The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
BETTE DAVISPeople often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
BETTE DAVISAttempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
BETTE DAVISWithout wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
BETTE DAVISThe real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
BETTE DAVISIn this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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If everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
BETTE DAVISIf everybody likes you, you’re pretty dull.
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Playing 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.
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.
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I will never be below the title.
BETTE DAVISI will never be below the title.
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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.
BETTE DAVISI 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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It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
BETTE DAVISIt’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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