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

Quote by Bette Davis

Topics: Realism Quotes

Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

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.

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.

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

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

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

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.

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...

I wouldn't worry too much about your heart. You can always put that award where...

I wouldn't worry too much about your heart. You can always put that award where...

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

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

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

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.

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...

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

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 have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever...

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever...

I work to stay alive.

I work to stay alive.

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...