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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Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.

Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.

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

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

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.

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...

Old age is no place for sissies.

Old age is no place for sissies.

I will never be below the title.

I will never be below the title.

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me...

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me...

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

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

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...

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do...

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do...

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...

Business is the art of extracting money from another man's pocket without resorting to violence.

Business is the art of extracting money from another man's pocket without resorting to violence.

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 been lucky. I'll be lucky again.

I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again.

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...

An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it...

An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it...

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

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 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.