“I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.”
Famous
“I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.”
WorkAll Quotes by Bette Davis
“I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.”
Marriage“A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.”
Happiness“I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.”
Business“The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”
Best“Strong women only marry weak men.”
Men“The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.”
Movies“Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.”
Home“Sex is God's joke on human beings.”
God“This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work“I've lost my faith in science.”
Faith“Old age is no place for sissies.”
Age“I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.”
Movies“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.”
Money“An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.”
Marriage“In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.”
Business“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.”
Success“I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.”
Funny“Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.”
Funny“Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up.”
Men