Bette Davis Quotes
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.
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The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.
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I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer.
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Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
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Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much.
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I wanted to be Katharine Hepburn-ish – there was a bit of nobility about her.
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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.
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The '70s were a time of turmoil and turnover. But I grew up here. I always wanted to play here.
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I do not think that any realism is beautiful.
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I'm not Hollywood. I'm a Quarter Rat. I belong here.
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Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.
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My mom's a translator, my dad's a woodworker; that's the world I grew up in, that's the world I'm most comfortable in. The whole idea of Hollywood or any of that other stuff that unfortunately goes along with film, that wasn't part of my upbringing, thankfully.
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I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.
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In Hollywood, there is no bigger commitment you can make than to a TV series. Even marriages pale in comparison. Marriages don't require signing iron-clad multiyear contracts. At least, most first marriages don't.
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I've never wanted to be the boss.
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I wanted to shred, so I learned classical guitar.
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I know it's a film and all of that, and it's a Hollywood film, but it kind of feels like this sometimes, when you're in pain and it hurts, and you're desperate. Or you are about to cross some moral line and it's so seductive and you just do... and all that.
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My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.
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I can endure my own despair, but not another's hope.
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Acting is not about competing. Acting is about cooperating. Acting is about collaboration. It's about your utility, your usefulness, your capacity to add to the work that has already been done and will be done. You're just part of a team. I never feel competitive about acting.
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It is paramount that we take control of the story behind our movement, which is that we seek equality for all Americans, no matter their race or gender.
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I'm not going to give up the shock part of my comedy.
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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
