I may not have been wearing a mink coat, but I was traveling with a dog. That should have made you think I was an actress!
Bette DavisYou should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.
Bette DavisBeing called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you're called very, very difficult you're really nobody at all.
Bette DavisWithout 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.
Bette Davis