Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.

Quote by Bette Davis

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I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.

I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve...

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve...

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.

Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now...

Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now...

Who gossips so much around here?

Who gossips so much around here?

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it...

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it...

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare...

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare...

In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent!

In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent!

I work to stay alive.

I work to stay alive.

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do...

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do...

An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it...

An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it...

Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a...

Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a...

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are...

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are...

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me...

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me...

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

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