To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
BETTE DAVISWhat a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
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Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
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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.
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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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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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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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You know what I’m going to have on my gravestone? ‘She did it the hard way.’
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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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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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I want to die with my high heels on, still in action.
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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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Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.
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I was thought to be ‘stuck up.’ I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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