Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.

Quote by Bette Davis

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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...

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.

It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.

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...

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.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

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...

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of...

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of...

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.

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

Sex is God's joke on human beings.

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...

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are...

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are...

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...

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

Your luck is how you treat people

Your luck is how you treat people

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

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

Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

Technicolor makes me look like death warmed over.

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...

Get married, but never to a man who is home all day

Get married, but never to a man who is home all day

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an...

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.