If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.

Quote by Tallulah Bankhead

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Acting is a form of confession.

Acting is a form of confession.

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

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...

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 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.

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

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

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.

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 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...

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

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...

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.

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick...

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick...

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...

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.

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

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

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins