All Bette Davis Quotes
- Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation. Acting
- Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life. Beginning
- Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me. Gay
- Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life. Acting
- An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know. Add
- I survived because I was tougher than anybody else. Anybody
- I've always liked men better than women. Always Liked
- Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. Attempt
- I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box. Box
- Sex is God's joke on human beings. Beings
- I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache. Anyone
- I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back. Across
- Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars. Already Got
- I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears. Actress
- My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose. Aggression
- The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies. Anyone
- With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying. Consider
- 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. Acting
- Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition. All
- Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life. Actor
- People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else. Actress
- 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.… All
- To look back is to relax one's vigil. Inspirational
- 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… Achieved
- Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism. Always Wanted