I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn’t been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they’d given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I’m an Aries. I never lose.
BETTE DAVISIf everybody likes you, you are not a very interesting person.
More Bette Davis Quotes
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Oh, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We’ve already got the stars.
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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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Home is where you go to when you’ve nowhere to go.
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You can lose everything but you can’t lose your talent!
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I’ve lost my faith in science.
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I’ve been lucky. I’ll be lucky again.
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The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.
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I was thought to be “stuck up.” I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself.
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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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I work to stay alive.
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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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Strong women only marry weak men.
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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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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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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
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