Life is a jest; and all things show it. I thought so once; but now I know it.

Quote by Bette Davis

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

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

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever...

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever...

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

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

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

Your luck is how you treat people

Your luck is how you treat people

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare...

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare...

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.

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...

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down...

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down...

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...

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

When a man gives his opinion he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion...

When a man gives his opinion he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion...

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

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

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

I work to stay alive.

I work to stay alive.

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.