I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

Quote by Bette Davis

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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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which...

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which...

Your luck is how you treat people

Your luck is how you treat people

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

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...

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

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...

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

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...

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are...

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are...

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...

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because you didn't eat your...

I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because you didn't eat your...

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except...

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except...

That terrible moment when you are halfway across the room with the food you just...

That terrible moment when you are halfway across the room with the food you just...