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> [ \[On being asked in her later years if she were Tallulah:\] I'm what's left of her, dahling. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/on-being-asked-in-her-later-years-if-she-were-tallulah-i-m-what-s/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

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## More by Tallulah Bankhead

> [“I have three phobias which, could I mute them,would make my life as slick as a sonnet,but dull as ditch water:I hate to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/i-have-three-phobias-which-could-i-mute-them-would-make-my-life-as/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [There have only been two authentic geniuses in the world, Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare and I think you'd better put Shakespeare first, darling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/there-have-only-been-two-authentic-geniuses-in-the-world-willie-mays/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [Working on television is like being shot out of a cannon. They cram you all up with rehearsals, then someone lights a fuse and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/working-on-television-is-like-being-shot-out-of-a-cannon-they-cram/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/if-you-really-want-to-help-the-american-theater-don-t-be-an-actress/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [Don't be taken in by the guff that critics are killing the theater. Commonly they sin on the side of enthusiasm. Too often they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/don-t-be-taken-in-by-the-guff-that-critics-are-killing-the-theater/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [No man worth his salt, no man of spirit and spine, no man for whom I could have any respect, could rejoice in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/no-man-worth-his-salt-no-man-of-spirit-and-spine-no-man-for-whom-i/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [I have enemies I've never met - that's fame.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/i-have-enemies-i-ve-never-met-that-s-fame/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [Acting is a form of confession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/acting-is-a-form-of-confession/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [Acting is a form of confusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/acting-is-a-form-of-confusion/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [Say anything about me, darling, as long as it isn't boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/say-anything-about-me-darling-as-long-as-it-isn-t-boring/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [I have three phobias ...: I hate going to bed, get up and hate hate being alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/i-have-three-phobias-i-hate-going-to-bed-get-up-and-hate-hate-being/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [A frozen daiquiri of a scorching afternoon is soothing. It makes living more tolerable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/a-frozen-daiquiri-of-a-scorching-afternoon-is-soothing-it-makes/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [I'm as pure as the driven slush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/i-m-as-pure-as-the-driven-slush/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/i-d-rather-be-strongly-wrong-than-weakly-right/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

> [I thought I told you to wait in the car.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tallulah-bankhead/i-thought-i-told-you-to-wait-in-the-car/)

[Tallulah Bankhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tallulah-bankhead/)

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