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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.
Bette Davis
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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
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East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself.
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The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway.
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I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.
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Your luck is how you treat people.
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Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.
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I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
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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.
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I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.
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You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!
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One begins to realize that one is getting old when the birthday candles weigh more than the cake.
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The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.
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I was the female Marlon Brando of my generation.
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Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.
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Joan Crawford is a movie star. I am an actress.
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You know what nostalgia is, don't you? It's basically a matter of recalling the fun without reliving the pain.
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If Hollywood didn't work out, I was prepared to be the best secretary in the world.
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Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life.
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With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.
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