"Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life."
"An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know."
"When a man gives his opinion he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion she's a bitch."
"Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a bitch. Maybe that's why Miss Crawford always plays ladies."
"Everybody has a heart. Except some people."
"In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star."
"Old age is no place for sissies."
"That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers."
"I am just too much."
Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (5th April 1908 – 6th October 1989)
go on girl, work it, but don't wreck it!!!
ReplyDeleteBette certainly worked it! Jx
DeleteI've just learned that I'm only a year younger than Miss Davis was when she filmed Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?. This is not a happy thought.
ReplyDeleteBut can you get those expressions right? Jx
DeleteSome fabulous photos here!
ReplyDeleteAnd she never thought of herself as photogenic... Jx
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