Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.
Quote by Bette Davis about commerce, creation, miracle
Quotes by Bette Davis
72 quotes by Bette Davis
Bette Davis - american actress
Also called: Ruth Elizabeth Davis.
Was born on 05 apr 1908.
Died on 06 oct 1989, at 81 years old.
Died on 06 oct 1989, at 81 years old.
Origin country: United States
A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.
Quote by Bette Davis about happiness
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.
Quote by Bette Davis about life
An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.
Quote by Bette Davis about affair, marriage, good, good luck
Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world.
Quote by Bette Davis about world, children, home, faith
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.
Quote by Bette Davis about marriage, respect, end, love
Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never...
Quote by Bette Davis about children, symbol, being, things, love
First time was when I was 26 and got married - and it was hell waiting.
Quote by Bette Davis about hell, time
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.
Quote by Bette Davis about humor, hell, sex, moment
Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.
Quote by Bette Davis about opinion, nothing
Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
Quote by Bette Davis about humor, actors, good, good luck, life
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
Quote by Bette Davis about purpose, eternity, work
I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
Quote by Bette Davis about enemies, regret, affair, actors
I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
Quote by Bette Davis about film
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
Quote by Bette Davis about character
I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
Quote by Bette Davis about actors
I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
Quote by Bette Davis about tears
