I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.

Quote by Bette Davis

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

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

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them -...

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them -...

I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again.

I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again.

I work to stay alive.

I work to stay alive.

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much...

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much...

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've lost my faith in science.

I've lost my faith in science.

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.

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered...

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered...

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.

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'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign...

I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign...

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...

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much...

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much...

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.

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

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...

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...

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

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