Bette Davis Quotes

• I will never be below the title.

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  Tags in Athlete

• I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.

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  Tags in Athlete, Brando, Marlon

• I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

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• I don’t think of myself as a character actress – that’s become a phrase which means you’ve had it.

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  Tags in Actress

• Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

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  Tags in Hollywood, Realism, Athlete

• Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

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  Tags in Some People

• Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

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  Tags in Possibilities, Impossibility

• I don’t take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.

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  Topics in Movies

• The real actor – like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.

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  Tags in Acting and the Theatre

Bette Davis (69)

Birth:	5th April, 1908
Death:	6th October, 1989
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress

About

Bette Davis was an American actress of film, television and theater. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in cinema 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.

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Births

• 1940 - Norm Dicks
• 1955 - Xander Berkeley
• 1900 - V. S. Pritchett
• 1938 - Liv Ullmann
• 1936 - Morris Dees

Deaths

• 1944 - Philip Guedalla
• 1945 - Giovanni Agnelli
• 1985 - Paul Castellano
• 1965 - W. Somerset Maugham
• 2009 - Roy E. Disney