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

Quote by Bette Davis

Topics: Hollywood Quotes

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...

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...

Your luck is how you treat people

Your luck is how you treat people

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...

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

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

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you...

Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you...

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...

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of...

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of...

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

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

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've lost my faith in science.

I've lost my faith in science.

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...

Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.

Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down...

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down...

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...

That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers.

That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers.

From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it...

From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it...

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.

I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.

To look back is to relax one's vigil.

To look back is to relax one's vigil.