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

Quote by Bette Davis

Topics: Hollywood Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

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...

Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years...

Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years...

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...

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.

I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.

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.

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...

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...

Who gossips so much around here?

Who gossips so much around here?

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...

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

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...

Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.

Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.

When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let...

When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let...