Bette Davis Quotes

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

Old age is no place for sissies.

I don’t think of myself as a role model. I do think of myself as a role player.

There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile. And if he had children, they’d all be actors.

I’d marry again if I found a man who had 15 million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.

I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my makeup box.

I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I don’t like to do the same thing twice.

I’ve had a lot of ings, but I’m not a has-been. I am a will be.

I’d like to see Paris before I die. Philadelphia will do.

If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.

I was thought to be ‘stuck up.’ I wasn’t. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure.

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.

If life is a bowl of cherries, what’s wrong with me? Why don’t I feel euphoric?

I’ve never been very successful, although I earned a good living with my acting. But I didn’t think I was worth fussing over.

I’m the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.

When I die, they’ll say, ‘She couldn’t act, but she was a great personality.’

Experience is the best teacher, but there’s only one seat in its classroom.

I’d marry again if I found a man who had 15 million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.

I’m not interested in money, I just want to be wonderful.

I believe in the freedom of choice.

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

Success only breeds a new goal.

Today everyone is a star. They’re all billed as ‘starring’ or ‘also starring.’ In my day, we earned that recognition.

I’ve always liked the idea of being a star, but I never felt comfortable with it.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

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

Everybody has a heart, except some people.

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stop doing this, he’s dead.

I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my makeup box.

If you’ve never been hated by your child, you’ve never been a parent.

I will not retire while I’ve still got my legs and my makeup box.

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?’

I always remember a face, but in your case, I’ll make an exception.

I pretend I don’t like children, and I don’t really, but I didn’t want to hurt their feelings.

I’m not young enough to know everything.

When a man gives his opinion, he’s a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she’s a bitch.

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

I don’t belong to the type of woman who will stop a man in his tracks.

I work as hard as if I had a ‘normal’ job.

It’s true I have seen better days, but I’m still feisty and ready for a good fight.

Survival is triumph enough.

I never did pal around with actresses.

The thrill of being a personality overrides everything else.

The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone’s concern and like vampires they suck our life’s blood.

Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it’s because I’m not a bitch. Maybe that’s why [Joan Crawford] always plays ladies.

From the moment I was six, I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.

I don’t see how an actor can ever be satisfied. I am always wanting to do a role better.

I’d like to see Paris before I die, Philadelphia will do.