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[On gay men:] Let me say, a more artistic, appreciative group of people for the arts does not exist ... They are more knowledgeable, more loving of the arts. They make the average male look stupid.

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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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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