Quote #24
I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and ofttimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life.
More from Bette Davis
- I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
- I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
- I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
- I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.
- I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.
- 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.
- I think I'll have a large order of prognosis negative.
- I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured ha…