They used to shoot her through gauze. You should shoot me through linoleum.

Quote by Tallulah Bankhead

Topics: Funny Quotes, Hollywood Quotes

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I...

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I...

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it...

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it...

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have time

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have time

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in...

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in...

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like...

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like...

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors...

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.

Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told...

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told...

They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.

They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

Acting is a form of confusion.

Acting is a form of confusion.