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
cheer people romance
People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. ... I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life.
people luck treats
Your luck is how you treat people.
hero giving people
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
people actresses dislike
People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
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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.
evil-people actresses never-forget
Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten.
heart people
Everybody has a heart. Except some people.
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It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.
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Performance number 1,000, if I play it that long, will take place in a well-padded booby-hatch.
That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers.
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Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
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Don't get up. And please stop acting as if I were the queen mother!
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I was never beautiful like Miss Hayworth or Miss Lamarr. I was known as the little brown wren. Who'd want to get me at the end of the picture?
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I never said anything that was unprintable. Never said anything just for the sake of being startling.