Bette Davis

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"Old age is no place for sissies."

— Bette Davisage

"The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

— Bette Davisbest

"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."

— Bette Davisbusiness

"In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star."

— Bette Davisbusiness

"I've lost my faith in science."

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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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"Old age is no place for sissies."

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"The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

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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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"In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star."

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"I've lost my faith in science."

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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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"I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair."

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"Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did."

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"Sex is God's joke on human beings."

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"Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life."

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"A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else."

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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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"I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year."

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"Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did."

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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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"Men 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."

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"Strong women only marry weak men."

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"To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy."

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"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache."

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"The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies."

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"Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did."

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"Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life."

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"I've lost my faith in science."

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"I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless."

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"The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

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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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"Men 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."

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"Strong women only marry weak men."

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"I've always liked men better than women."

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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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"To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy."

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"Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."

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"This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."

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"I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless."

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"The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies."

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"I work to stay alive."

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"I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries."

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"Old age is no place for sissies."

"The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

"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."

"In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star."

"I've lost my faith in science."

"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."

"I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair."

"Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did."

"Sex is God's joke on human beings."

"Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life."

"A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else."

"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."

"I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year."

"Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did."

"An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know."

"Men 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."

"Strong women only marry weak men."

"To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy."

"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache."

"The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies."

"Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did."

"Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life."

"I've lost my faith in science."

"I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless."

"The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"

"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."

"Men 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."

"Strong women only marry weak men."

"I've always liked men better than women."

"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."

"To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy."

"Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."

"This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."

"I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless."

"The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies."

"I work to stay alive."

"I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries."

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