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

Quote by Tallulah Bankhead

Topics: Funny Quotes, Hollywood Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

(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...

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...

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 me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

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

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...

Acting is a form of confession.

Acting is a form of confession.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.

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.

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it...

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it...

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.

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.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

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

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

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors...

Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors...