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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Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.

Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

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.

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...

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told...

(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told...

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

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...

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.

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.

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without...

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without...

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.

They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.

They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.

Acting is a form of confession.

Acting is a form of confession.

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

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...

Acting is a form of confusion.

Acting is a form of confusion.

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.

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.