It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.

Quote by Tallulah Bankhead

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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.

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.

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

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...

Acting is a form of confusion.

Acting is a form of confusion.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

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

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

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...