If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.
BETTE DAVISWe movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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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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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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There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
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I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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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’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies.
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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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I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.
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I have been at war from the beginning. I’ve never looked back before. I’ve never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one’s vigil.
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I’d luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
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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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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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