The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can’t get work in the movies.
BETTE DAVISSuccess only breeds a new goal
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Getting old is not for sissies.
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I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.
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Once the love bug wears off, as it inevitably does, you are shocked to discover that you really didn’t know the object of your affections at all. We know this to be so, even as we repeat the same mistake over and over and over.
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I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
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A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
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Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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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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There’s only one way to work — like hell.
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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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I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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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 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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