Quotes by Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

American Actress, Producer

Lived from: 1908 - 1989

Category: Movie Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 5 april 1908 Died: 6 october 1989

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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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  • Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night! [As Margo Channing in All About Eve]
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  • A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
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  • Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
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  • An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.
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  • Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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  • 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.
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  • Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
    The lonely life: an autobiography
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  • From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.
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  • Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.
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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.
    Id love to kiss you-- : conversations with Bette Davis
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • I love my profession. I would never stop. Relax? I relax when I work. It's my life.
    Nina J. Easton, Los Angeles Times (January 4, 1989) Bette Davis smoking over Stepmother role
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  • I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.
    The lonely life: an autobiography
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  • 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.
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  • I'll play with it first and tell you what it is later.
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  • If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
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  • If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.
    The lonely life: an autobiography
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  • In the beginning was the Word,' and you must not be tempted with a script just because you have a great part. You want a great role to play, but the whole - the whole - must be good. It'll never succeed if it's just the role you like.
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What are the most famous quotes from Bette Davis?

The two most famous quotes from Bette Davis are:

  • "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."
  • "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night! [As Margo Channing in All About Eve]"

When did Bette Davis live?

Bette Davis was born in 1908 and died in the year 1989.