I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.

Quote by Bette Davis

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Strong women only marry weak men.

Strong women only marry weak men.

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...

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

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...

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

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

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

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a...

Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a...

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

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

To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given...

To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In...

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...

Your luck is how you treat people

Your luck is how you treat people

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...

Who gossips so much around here?

Who gossips so much around here?

Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?

Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?