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.
BETTE DAVISPray to God and say the lines.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
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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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In this business, until you’re known as a monster you’re not a star.
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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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As a female I think it’s a terrible hindrance in business. I think it’s a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it’s even worse because there’s deep resentment.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they’re phonies.
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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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I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable. I suppose I’m larger than life.
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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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Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night! – As Margo Channing in All About Eve
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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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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good, Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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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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Yes, burn your bridges.
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