Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
BETTE DAVISThe only way you can become a legend is in your coffin
More Bette Davis Quotes
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You mustn’t miss the moment. There’s only one first sailing into Rio harbor.
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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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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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The world’s all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That’s what writers are thinking about because that’s what the world is thinking about.
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Success is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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One can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn’t have had a career.
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I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn’t dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
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If men found out how to give birth to children they’ll never propose again.
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There is a certain ecstasy in wanting things you can’t get.
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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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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
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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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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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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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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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It’s a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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Success only breeds a new goal
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Getting old is not for sissies.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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