“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
“I work to stay alive.”
WorkAll Quotes by Bette Davis
“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“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“This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work“I work to stay alive.”
Work“I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.”
Funny“I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.”
Movies“Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.”
Great“Sex is God's joke on human beings.”
God“A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.”
Happiness“I've lost my faith in science.”
Faith“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work“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 only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.”
Movies“Old age is no place for sissies.”
Age“Strong women only marry weak men.”
Men“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“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“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