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

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Bette Davis
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: April 5
Died: 1989
Died: October 6
Actor
Actress
Autobiographer
Character Actor
Film Actor
Musician
Stage Actor
Television Actor
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Ruth Elizabeth Davis
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I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.
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I was thought to be stuck up. I wasn't. i was just sure of myself.
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At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.
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Without discipline and detachment, an actor is an emotional slob, spilling his insides out. This abandonment is having an unfortunate vogue. It is tasteless, formless, absurd. Without containment there is no art. All this vomiting and wheezing and bursting at the seams is no more great acting than the convulsions of raving maniacs.
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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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I don't think in business it matters whether you're a man or a woman if you can do your job and have a brain.
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You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
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Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.
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Strong women only marry weak men.
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Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
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To look back is to relax one's vigil.
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You can lose everything but you can't lose your talent!
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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
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Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.
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I have been at war from the beginning. I've never looked back before. I've never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one's vigil.
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I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
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I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because you didn't eat your din-din.
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