The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

Quote by Bette Davis

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I've lost my faith in science.

I've lost my faith in science.

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.

To look back is to relax one's vigil.

To look back is to relax one's vigil.

I've always liked men better than women.

I've always liked men better than women.

Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packed...

I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packed...

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what...

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what...

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

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...

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much...

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much...

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

Your luck is how you treat people

Your luck is how you treat people

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.

Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of...

Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of...

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve...

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve...

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...

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

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