We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.
BETTE DAVISMen become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn’t do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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I will never be below the title.
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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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I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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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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I firmly believe, however, that if your children have never hated you, you have failed as a parent.
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I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.
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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 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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I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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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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I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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