“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work
“The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.”
MoviesAll Quotes by Bette Davis
“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“Sex is God's joke on human beings.”
God“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“A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.”
Happiness“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“I've lost my faith in science.”
Faith“The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”
Best“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“In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.”
Business“Strong women only marry weak men.”
Men“Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.”
Funny“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“I've always liked men better than women.”
Women“This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”
Work“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