Bette Davis
Bette Davis
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Daviswas an American actress of film, television and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Hollywood history, she was noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic, sardonic characters and was reputed for her performances in a range of film genres, from contemporary crime melodramas to historical and period films and occasional comedies, although her greatest successes were her roles in romantic dramas...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 April 1908
CityLowell, MA
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One can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn't have had a career.
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I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
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I would take a bad script and a good director any day against a good script and a bad director.
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People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was on the edge of my chair, close to squirming in embarrassment because I myself was guilty of four husbands. I finally leaned forward and squeaked, 'But one died!
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Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night! - As Margo Channing in All About Eve
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I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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[On gay men:] Let me say, a more artistic, appreciative group of people for the arts does not exist ... They are more knowledgeable, more loving of the arts. They make the average male look stupid.
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Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
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Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
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I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life.
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Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.