Bette Davis

“We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.”

“Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.”

“In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.”

“If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.”

“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.”

“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.”

“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”

“I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.”

“It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.”

“Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.”

“I work to stay alive.”

“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.”

“Sex is God's joke on human beings.”

“ללא פליאה והשראה המשחק הופך למשלח יד, אך אִתַן הוא הופך ליצירה.”

“המפתח לחיים: לעמוד בפני אתגרים; וכאשר אנו חדלים מלעשות זאת, אנו מתים.”

“נשים חזקות נישאות תמיד לגברים חלשים.”

“הגברים מושכים יותר כאשר הם מתחילים להזדקן, אך אין זה נכון לגבי הנשים למרות שיש להן יתרון: האיפור.”

“החיים הם הלצה, וכל הדברים מוכיחים זאת; חשבתי כך פעם, אבל עכשיו אני יודעת.”

“במרוץ עכברושים זה, כל אחד אשם, אלא אם כן יצליח להוכיח את ההפך.”

“במקצוע זה, אם אינך ידוע כמפלצת, אינך כוכב.”