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.
BETTE DAVISSuccess is built on disappointment, and disappointment is inherent in all success.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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If everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
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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 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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The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God’s joke on humanity. It is man’s last desperate stand at superintendency.
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Pray to God and say the lines.
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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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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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Never, never trust anyone who asks for white wine. It means they’re phonies.
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I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my make-up box.
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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 key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
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I wouldn’t piss on Joan Crawford if she were on fire.
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I’ve always liked men better than women.
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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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An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring. I ought to know.
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