To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

Quote by Bette Davis

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We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

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

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

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.

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

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...

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

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

To look back is to relax one's vigil.

To look back is to relax one's vigil.

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 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.

Strong women only marry weak men.

Strong women only marry weak men.

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'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign...

I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign...

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense...

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense...

To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given...

To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given...

I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.

I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.

I've always liked men better than women.

I've always liked men better than women.

Next to the wound , what women make best is the bandage.

Next to the wound , what women make best is the bandage.

Framed to make women false.

Framed to make women false.