Bette Davis Quotes

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

  Bette Davis

  Topics in Movies

• 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.

  Bette Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Men

• 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.

  Bette Davis

  Topics in Money, Wedding

  Tags in Marriage

• A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

  Bette Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Expense, Want, Found

• I’d luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.

  Bette Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Hair, Just

• Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I’m afraid it did.

  Bette Davis

  Topics in Funny, Love

  Tags in Afraid, Marriage

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

  Bette Davis

  Tags in Acting and the Theatre

• If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.

  Bette Davis

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Ageing, African

• Old age is no place for sissies.

  Bette Davis

  Topics in Age

  Tags in Sissies, Old, Place

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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