Bette Davis Quotes
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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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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
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I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
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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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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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Your luck is how you treat people.
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I was thought to be "stuck up." I wasn't. i was just sure of myself.
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Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.
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You will never be happier than you expect. To change your happiness, change your expectation.
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I have always felt proud of my Oscars and my numerous nominations. This pride is due to the fact it was the result of voters from the members of my own profession. This, of course, is a great compliment for one's work. I hope each winner of an Oscar is as thrilled as I was when I received mine.
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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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If everyone likes you, you're not doing it right.
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There was more good acting at Hollywood parties than ever appeared on the screen.
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I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem.
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Old age is no place for sissies.
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If everybody likes you, you're pretty dull.
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There may be a heaven, but if Joan Crawford is there, I'm not going.
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I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
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Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater.
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Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
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It's a rare man who can stand being around an intelligent woman, let alone married to her.
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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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You know what nostalgia is, don't you? It's basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.