The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

Quote by Bette Davis

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I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them -...

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them -...

Your luck is how you treat people

Your luck is how you treat people

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success...

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success...

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because you didn't eat your...

I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because you didn't eat your...

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense...

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense...

I work to stay alive.

I work to stay alive.

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success...

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success...

Business is the art of extracting money from another man's pocket without resorting to violence.

Business is the art of extracting money from another man's pocket without resorting to violence.

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what...

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which...

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which...

Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.

Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

No one has a closest friend in Hollywood.

No one has a closest friend in Hollywood.

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.

The only 'ism' Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.