Bette Davis Quotes
What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
Quotes to Explore
-
I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.
-
In Hollywood, marriages are kind of expected to fail.
-
I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer.
-
Hollywood cools, and when it cools you have to go to where the work is. I ran off to Italy to do spaghetti westerns.
-
I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
-
I grew up on the rough side of the tracks. If you looked like you were soft, you would be fodder for the wolves. I came up in my neighbourhood like, 'I'm just gonna be me,' and all the thugs just said, 'It's OK, he's special.' They knew I had the talent with the rhymes, so they kept me around.
-
It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities.
-
I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
-
In 2011, I was in Hollywood peddling 'Sicario' to constant and resounding 'no's. Texas was suffering the worst drought on record. Wildfires spread across West Texas, burning some 4 million acres and 3,000 homes. While the urban centers in Texas were experiencing an economic boom, West Texas was collapsing under the weight of drought and fires.
-
Never, ever, have I felt really accepted in Hollywood.
-
You could put all the talent I had into your left eye and still not suffer from impaired vision.
-
I was obsessed with Hollywood from the time I was a kid. I always knew I wanted to live in Los Angeles.
-
Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
-
Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.
-
The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
-
I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.
-
I didn't even understand the whole idea of Hollywood.
-
I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.
-
God has given each normal person a capacity to achieve some end. True, some are endowed with more talent than others, but God has left none of us talentless.
-
I'm kidding about having only a few dollars. I might have a few dollars more.
-
We know the things that are not good and are right. Those things that we know are wrong, we've got to fix them.
-
The world was to Shakespeare a great stage of fools on which he was utterly bewildered. His pregnant observations of life are not coordinated into any philosophy.
-
What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent.
